This man seemed to me to lean over the cornice, and timidly whisper his half truth to the rude occupants who really knew it better than he.

• 在我看来，这位建筑师仿佛俯身在飞檐上，羞涩地向那粗鲁的住户私语着他的似是而非的真理，实际上住户比他还知道得更多。