Nevertheless, its charm lay chiefly in the past; for the scissor-grinder's wheel had hissed in his childish ears.

然而，它的魅力主要在于过去。因为剪刀磨轮在他幼稚的耳朵里发出嘶嘶声。

There was a group of shabbily dressed men smoking and laughing in a corner, a scissors-grinder with his wheel, two guardsmen who were flirting with a nurse-girl, and several well-dressed young men who were lounging up and down with cigars in their mouths.

角有一群穿得破破烂烂、抽着烟、说说笑笑的人，一个带着脚踏磨轮的磨剪子的人，两个正在同保姆调情的警卫，以及几个衣着体面、嘴里叼着雪茄烟、吊儿郎当的年轻人。