He saw clearly how plain and simple—how narrow, even—it all was; but clearly, too, how much it all meant to him, and the special value of some such anchorage in one's existence.

他清楚地看见，这里多么朴素简单，甚至有些狭小；但他也明白，这一切对自己多么重要，人生中有这样一处停泊之地，是何等珍贵。