The boys in their grubby navy bow ties and blue uniforms were indistinguishably horrid—nose-pickers, thumbsuckers, snorers, neer-do-wells, farters, burpers, the unwashed and unclean.

戴肮脏的海军领、色校服的男生无一例外令人恐惧——挖鼻子、吮手指、、干好事、放屁、嗝，衣服洗，邋邋遢遢。