Customhouses and remodels proved far more rewarding.
定制别墅和重新改造证实了更加有利可图。
2
It may be this burial custom that explains why the houses were packed in so tightly without streets.
也许正是这种丧葬习俗解释了为什么房子会排布得水泄不通,连街道的空间都没有了。
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I found myself in a large room, where people were sitting at lunch or supper around small tables, as is the custom, I am told, at parties in the houses of our nobility and gentry.