But soon there arose from some remote part -- it might easily have been either cellar or attic -- a stertorous, monotonous, regular snoring, a dull, prolonged rumbling, varied by tremors like those of a boiler under pressure of steam.

但过不了一会儿，不知从什么地方，从说不清哪个方向，从地窖，从阁楼，响起了一阵有力、单调、有节奏，那一种低沉而持续音，还带着汽锅在蒸汽压力下颤抖响。

Breathing stertorous noises, the woman came back into the living room and stood swaying in the doorway with the tape-tied package.

那个女人呼吸着嘶哑音， 回到客厅，摇摇晃晃地站在门口， 手里拿着用胶带绑着包裹。