His maid has brought him tea. He dusts the cigarette smoke off at the saucer and takesaglanceat the thick woolen cloth curtain that hangs all over the wall.
女佣倒了茶来，他在茶杯碟子里磕了磕烟灰，看了墙上的厚呢窗帘一眼。
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In a world where sight and sound seem to reign supreme, all it takes is a cursory glanceat the size of the perfume industry to realise that smell matters quite a lot, too.