The entrance to Box Court was too narrow for the passage of a coach; it was a mere footway between railings, with a post at either end.

Box Court 的入口太窄，马车无法通行；这只是栏杆之间的一条人行道，两端各有一根柱子。

To a walker practised in such places a difference between impact on maiden herbage, and on the crippled stalks of a slight footway, is perceptible through the thickest boot or shoe.

对于在这种地方行走的人来说，即使穿多厚的靴子或鞋子，他们分出脚下究竟踩的是未经践的草地还是坚硬的沙砾小道。

Tufts of wild parsley and columbine filled the cracks between the flagged footways, and the well in the middle of the courtyard was given up to ferns and matted stone-crop.

一簇簇野欧芹和耧斗菜填满了铺有石板的人行道之间的缝隙，院子中央的水井里种满了蕨类植物和乱蓬蓬的石头作物。

They walked up and down the platform, each one more and more embarrassingly concerned with the awkwardness of his friend's presence. They reached the end of the footway, and paused in sheer absent-mindedness.

他们在平台上走来走去，每个人都越来越尴尬地担心他朋友在场的尴尬。他们走到人行道的尽头，心不在焉地停了下来。

Just after this we came into a short street of houses: or rather, one long house on either side of the way, built of timber and plaster, and with a pretty arcade over the footway before it.

就在这之后，我们进入了一条房屋的短街：或者更确切地说，是在道路两边的一栋长房子，用木材和石膏建造，前面的人行道上有一个漂亮的拱廊。