Then there was a rattle of the fire-escape, and into her room jumps the mad and infatuated John Delaney, entreating her to flee or fly with him to the Riviera, or the Bronx, or any old place where there are Italian skies.

• 这时安全出口处一阵响动，随后跳进来了为爱而疯狂、痴迷的约翰·德莱尼，他企求爱伦与他一同离开，奔向东部海岸或布朗克斯或者任何一个有着意大利式天空的地方。