When she went home, it was these places she would discuss with her neighbours, not some seamy place where men were flung against walls.

等回到家，跟邻居聊的是这些地方，而不是男被摔到墙上的什么乌七八糟的地方。

And while I do not doubt that Sotheby's loves backstories that add luster and, crucially, value to the objects that they auction, they, and many others, seem much less interested when those stories uncover something seamier.

尽管我毫不怀疑苏富比拍卖行钟爱些能为拍品增添光彩、尤其是提升其关键价值的背景故事，但当这些故事揭示出某些不光彩的真相时，他们以及许多其他就兴趣大减了。

Instead of that he's got a first-rate practice on the seamy side, and every blackguard with half a case takes it straight to Bennett Addenbrooke.

取而代之的是，他在阴暗的一面有一流的实践，每个有半个案子的流氓都会直接把它带到贝内特阿登布鲁克。