They existed, really existed,

此时此刻就在那里
somewhere, right here.

它们都真真切切地存在着
Cholly had always thought of his father as a giant of a man,

乔利总是认为他的父亲是个高大伟岸的人
so when he was very close it was with a shock that he discovered that

因此当他走近发现自己比父亲
he was taller than his father.

还高时感到了震惊
In fact, he was staring at a balding spot on his father's head,

事实上他正凝视着父亲头上一块秃顶的地方
which he suddenly wanted to stroke.

他突然间想摸摸那块秃顶的地方
While thus fascinated by the pitiable clean space hedged round by

当他正对那块被周围的头发包围着的秃顶着迷的时候
neglected tufts of wool,

那人转过脸
the man turned a hard, belligerentface to him.

怒气冲冲地对着他
[And then assumes that Cholly has come at the behest of a woman

假设乔利受的是一个和他睡过觉
that he's slept with to squeeze money out of him.]

只想从他身上牟利的女人指示