It was a bewildering combination. Aboard the boat, we sailed upriver cocooned in a slice of Edwardian England, a splendid well-ordered make-believe world that protected us from the heat and the dust and the unsettling questions of Egypt. We chatted about home, about other travels, about quails and London. We enjoyed fine lunches, we took afternoon tea, we played cards on the sun deck, admiring the picturesque panorama of the riverbanks. We gathered for drinks before dinner.
這是一個令人困惑的組合。在船上，我們逆流而上，彷彿置身於愛德華時代的英格蘭中，這是一個絢麗而有序的虛構世界，保護我們免受埃及的炎熱、灰塵和令人不安的問題。我們聊著家常，聊著其他的旅行，聊著鵪鶉和倫敦。我們享受著美味的午餐，喝著下午茶，在陽光甲板上打牌，欣賞著河岸如畫的全景。我們在晚餐前聚在一起喝酒。
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