this is a mark of kindness, the mark of humanity.

这是一种善良的仁慈的表现
So, Morrison begins with small details like this to build up

所以莫里森用类似的小细节来建立
our sympathy for Cholly.

我们对乔利的同情心
It gets more intense when he meets his father in the city.

当他在城里遇到他的父亲时这变得更加强烈
This is on page 155.

这一幕出现在第155页
This is when he first sees him playing craps in the alleyway:

这是他第一次见到父亲在小巷赌博
A man in a light-brown jacket stood at the far end of the group.

一个穿着浅棕色夹克的男人站在人群的最远端
He was gesturing in a quarrelsome,

他正激动地比划着
agitated manner with another man.

好像在和另一个人争吵着
Both of them had folded their faces in anger.

两人的脸上充满了怒气
Cholly edged round to where they stood,

乔利从边上走到了他们在的地方
hardly believing he was at the end of his journey.

几乎不相信他已经站在了旅途的终点