安娜·霍伊特在索思沃克旅馆的小房间里住了两天后就离开了。尽管已是寒冬,海面上波涛汹涌,一些乘客从未离开过自己的船舱,但她在旅途中一天也没有生过病。现在让她心生不安的倒不是那封夹在《圣经》里的信,而是透过玻璃窗上冰冻的雾气看到的伦敦城迷蒙的轮廓。海边带着咸味的污泥让她滑得站不稳脚,这样的处境比在波士顿码头更让她心烦意乱。她已经跑出去两次了,终于找到一位运货的马车夫愿意带她及行李。当她第 Anna Hoyt left in the small room at the Inn at Soth Walker Hotel after two days. Despite the winter, the sea was choppy and some passengers never left their cabin, but she was not sick during the day. It is not the letter caught in the Bible, but the outline of the city of London, seen through the frozen mist on the glass window. The seaside with her salty muds made her slippery and unstable, a situation more upsetting her than at the Boston Marina. She had already run out twice, and finally found a carriage coachman willing to take her and luggage. When she first