莫索尔开始在街上游走，他注意到那个衣冠楚楚的小个子男人和他的胖妻子在过路人中间（people were returning from their walks,and I noticed the dapper little man with the fat wife amongst the passersby）孩子们哭哭啼啼，疲倦地跟在父母后面。几分钟后，当地的电影院把观众如大口吞吐般吐了出来。（children were whimpering and trailing wearily after their parents.After some minutes the local picture houses disgorged their audiences.）这一段对于电影院的描述可谓是生动至极，将电影院的门口比喻成人的口，将人比喻成电影院的食物，画面感油然而生！
莫索尔注意到从电影院里走出来的年轻人比平时迈着更大的步子，做着更有力的手势。从镇中心画室走过来的人看起来更沉稳，虽然其中的几个人正在大笑。做莫索尔看来，这些人都是无精打采，疲惫不堪（I noticed that the young fellows coming from them were taking longer strides and gesturing more vigorously than at ordinary times;those who had been to the picture houses looked more sedate,they seemed languid and exhausted）不论是从事什么样的工作，做什么样的事情，在莫索尔看来生活似乎都不幸福，没什么精神。
从这些描述中不难看出，加缪正在极力展现一幅芸芸众生的风景画，同时我们也该学习到，外貌描写和动作描写的双重作用才使这幅街景图栩栩如生。
在莫索尔返回家的时候，在昏暗的楼梯里遇到了老萨拉玛诺，他们同住一层楼。加缪对老萨拉玛诺的狗进行了一番描述——萨拉玛诺的西班牙猎犬是一只丑陋的野兽，患了皮肤病。莫索尔认为是兽疥癣，狗已经掉了所有的毛发，身上布满了棕色的痂。（salamano’s spaniel is an ugly brute,afflicted with some skin disease-mange.I suspect;anyhow,it has lost all its hair and its body is covered with brown scabs.）对狗描写完之后，加缪马上对老萨拉玛诺进行了描写——萨拉玛诺和他的狗关在一个小房间里，也许正是通过这种方式，萨拉玛诺变得和它相似了。他的头发变得很稀疏，脸上有红斑。（perhaps through living in one small room.cooped up with his dog.Salamano has come to resemble it.His towy hair has gone very thin,and he has reddish blotches on his face.）
接着加缪继续对这只西班牙猎犬进行描绘，作为读者的我此时此刻已经不能这些描写是针对老萨拉玛诺的还是针对这只西班牙猎犬了，因为他们之间因为过于相似，似乎已经融为一体了！——这只狗已经学会了主人那种奇怪的弯腰驼背的步态；它的口鼻总是向前伸得很长，鼻子总是贴近地面。但是，奇怪的是，尽管他们如此相似，他们却彼此憎恨（and the dag has developed something of its master’s queer hunched-up gaint）在对狗的描述中这句话很值得注意——然后他们俩在人行道上站住，互相怒目而视；狗眼中充满恐惧，人眼中充满仇恨（then they halt on the pavement,the pair of them,and glare at each other;the dog with terror and the man with hatred in his eyes.）
接着住在同一层楼的住客雷蒙德走了出来，莫索尔认为他是一个拉皮条的——他又矮又壮，鼻子长得像个拳击手，穿着总是很讲究。（he’s short and thick-set,has a nose like a boxer’s,and always dresses very sprucely.）对于雷蒙德的描述让我有些费解，他们在同一层楼住了很久，此时才即将成为朋友，让人有些不可思议呢。
在雷蒙德与一个妇女的争吵厮打中，加缪对雷蒙德此时此刻的状态做了描述（Raymond opened the door.He had a cigarette dangling from his underlip and a rather sickly smile）。在这样的描写下，加缪的笔法给读者带来一种阴森恐怖的氛围。雷蒙德出事后，曾找过莫索尔，从情节来看他当时有些拘谨有些不好意思。在莫索尔想要邀请他进屋时，他摇摇头，盯着自己脚上的帽子，那双粗糙的手在颤抖。他没有看莫索尔的眼睛，就开始说话了。（I asked him in. But he shook his head.He was staring at his toe caps.and the gnarled old hands were trembling.Without meeting my eyes,he started talking.）
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