刚读到你说的第一句那儿

"The very phrses were worn so threadbare that they evoked no image except that of a turbaned “character” leaking sawdust at every pore as he pursued a tiger through the Bois de Boulogne."

这个“character” 可能指的是 Gat*****y。也可能就是指的一个让人乏味的裹头巾的“人物”，衬托出Gat*****y前面说的话漏洞很多，多是在撒谎。

很喜欢这一句，很拟人化。不太好理解，象是 “公园里追老虎”要告诉的意思不会只局限于字面意思，该有别的所指。