He had been scrawling meaningless curlycues on a piece of paper as Ed Meyers talked.

Ed Meyers 说话， 直在张纸潦草地写毫无意义的花体字样。

T. A. Buck took from a vest pocket a scrap of paper and a fountain pen, slid down in his chair, crossed his legs, and began to scrawl meaningless twists and curlycues, as was his wont when worried or deeply interested.

T. A. 巴克从背心口袋里拿出张纸片和支钢笔，在椅子，盘起双腿，开始潦草地写毫无意义的曲折和卷曲，这是在担心或非常感兴趣的习惯。