Every so often he would come back, showing up at STC (from which he had taken, in the beginning, only a two-year leave of absence) with vague murmurings of an apology.

• 他不时也会回趟国，出现在标准电话与电缆有限公司（他开始里只向公司请了两年假），咕哝着小声地表示歉意。