So, this is after Henry's death, and Caldonia calls Moses in,

这是在亨利死后卡尔多尼亚去拜访摩西
and as a way of comforting her, Moses begins to tell this story.

作为一种宽慰她的方式摩西开始讲述这个故事
Moses took his eyes from his lap and began to invent some early

摩西的目光从他的大腿上移开并且开始讲述一些更早的
days when they were building the house and there was not much on the land

时候的事情那时候他们在建房子并且陆地上没有很多房子
except what God had put there.

除了那些上帝放在那里的
Caldonia was at the edge of the settee in her mourning dress.

卡尔多尼亚穿着她的丧服坐在长椅的边缘
"Now, Master Henry always knowed what kind of house he wanted to build,

现在亨利先生一直知道他想要建什么样的房子
Mistress.

夫人
I don't even think he knowed about you that particular time,

我甚至不认为他在那个时候认识您
but he must have had some idea that you was out there somewhere waitin'

但是他一定有某种想法认为您就在什么地方等着他
in your own kind of way, 'cause he set up about building

用您自己的方式因为他提出要建一个
a house that you would want.

您想要的房子