At seven o'clock, the four members ascended to the clubroom, tied their badges round their heads, and took their seats with great solemnity.

七点钟，四位成员登上活动室，把白布条系在头上，极为郑重其事地就座。

There were the business-like, with their little bags; there were the drifters rattling sticks upon area railings;there were affable characters to whom the streets serve for clubroom, hailing men in carts and giving information without being asked for it.

有一些公务员， 带着他们的小包；有流浪者在区域栏杆上发出； 有和蔼可亲的人物， 街道为提供服务，招呼手推车里的人， 并在没有被要求的情况下提供信息。