"It was a new lodger who has come into the house," said the old woman.

“是个新来的房客，”老奶奶说，“我们这里又多一个人了。”

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It was this old woman, ornamented with the name of the principal lodger, and in reality intrusted with the functions of portress, who had let him the lodging on Christmas eve.

老奶奶的头衔是“二房东”，而实际任务是照管门户，在圣诞节那天，便是这老奶奶把这间住房租给他的。

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It was a new lodger who has come into the house, "said the old woman."

“是个新来的房客，”老奶奶说，“我们这里又多一个人了。”

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