Though he spoke French passably, he had never altogether lost the New England accent he had brought to Paris from Boston twenty years ago.

尽管他的法语还去，但他仍然带有二十年前波士顿带巴黎的新英格兰口音。

I had barely gotten up from my passably hard mattress when I felt my mind clear, my brain go on the alert. So I began a careful reexamination of our cell.

硬邦邦的床上起来，我立刻感我的头脑清醒了了，我的精神充沛了。于是我又重新观察我们间牢房。