Without this enclosure, but just within the street entrance, sat a grey-haired gentleman at a small table, with a large open ledger of some kind before him.

没有围墙，就在街口，一位白发苍苍的绅士坐在一张小桌旁，面前摆着一本打开的大账本。

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Without this enclosure, but just within the street entrance, sat a grey-haired gentleman at a small table, with a large open ledger before him.

就在玻璃隔板的外面，靠街面的大门旁边，有一个头发灰白的先生坐在一张小桌子旁，面前摊着一本大账本。

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