In every well-appointed gentleman’s house, I reflected, there was the front door for the gentlemen, and the side door for the tradesmen; but there was also the top door for the gods.

我想，每一座设施齐备的绅士宅邸，都有供绅士出入的正门、供商贩出入的侧门；此外，还有供神明出入的屋顶之门。