If and when I find a respectable tenant, which may be difficult in these difficult times, I hope (s)he, like me, will think of red as a wonderful vibrant colour that wears well extremely even as a buff-coloured wall ages.

• 我希望如果我能找到一个出身正经家庭的人来租房子的话（以现在的行情，看来不容易），我希望能像我一样，把这大红色看成是充满生命力的颜色，再说，即使墙壁老旧了，这红色可以把它遮盖得天衣无缝。