AL, begged the commune of Marseilles to give them this bare and barren promontory, where, like the sailors of old, they had run their boats ashore
移民中的一位首领懂普罗旺斯语，就恳求马赛市政当局把这块荒芜贫瘠的海岬赐给他们，以便他们可以象古代的航海者那样把他们的小船拖到岸上安居下来。

for three days ago I posted from Marseilles to Paris with all possible speed, half-desperate at the enforced delay."
三天以前，我以最快的速度，几乎拼命似的从马赛赶到巴黎来，因为我恨不得把我脑子里的所苦恼着的一个念头一下子就送到六百里以外去。”