他一下出租汽车，看到守门人此刻不象往常那样忙得不可开支，却在侍者进出的门口和一个茶房闲聊，顿时感到冷冷清清。

• He felt the stillness from the moment he got out of the taxi and saw the doorman, usually in a frenzy of activity at this hour, gossiping with a chasseur by the servants'entrance.