There was no bar-keeper upon whom to call for drinks, no small boy to send around the corner for a can of beer and by means of that social fluid start the amenities of friendship flowing.

• 这地方没有可以吩咐送饮料来的酒吧老板，没有可以打发到街角去买啤酒的小孩，无法用社交的饮料唤起愉快的友谊交流。