Wherever there is water the height of high buildings is doubled, and a British brick house becomes a Babylonian tower.
凡有水的地方,高楼的高度便加倍,一座英国砖房也变成了巴比伦的高塔。
— G. K. Chesterton · Manalive · Part II · I · The Eye of Death; or, the Murder Charge —
Wherever there is water the height of high buildings is doubled, and a British brick house becomes a Babylonian tower.
凡有水的地方,高楼的高度便加倍,一座英国砖房也变成了巴比伦的高塔。