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It was a town of red brick, or of brick that would have been red if the smoke and ashes had allowed it; but, as matters stood it was a town of unnatural red and black as the painted face of a savage.

这是一座红砖砌成的城市，或者是一座砖砌成的城市，如果烟雾和灰烬允许的话，它本来会是红色的;但是，就目前的情况来看，这是一个不自然的城市，红黑相间，就像一个野蛮人涂了脂粉的脸。

— Charles Dickens 查尔斯·狄更斯