Have I not described a pleasant site for a dwelling, when I speak of it as bosomed in hill and wood, and rising from the verge of a stream?

说它在山林之中，从溪流的边缘升起时，不是在描述一个宜人的居所吗？

Beyond the screen door people were talking. As he lifted his hand to knock he heard steps, so he withheld his hand until a big man in black broadcloth trousers and a stiff bosomed white shirt without collar opened the door.

纱门外有人在说话。他抬手敲门，听到脚步声，于是他停下了手，直到一个穿宽呢长裤和硬挺的无领白衬衫的大个子打开了门。