It's all comedy, but then there is a heart, a kernel.

完全是个喜剧但其中也存在核心和精髓
And if we look on page 101-102,

如果我们看101页和102页
we can begin to see what that heart or kernel

我们可以开始看到核心或者精髓
is that recuperates what I would call the sentimental.

是挽回我认为那是多愁善感
So, this is when she's in San Francisco, looking around the city.

这就是她在圣·弗朗西斯科环游城市那段时间
She's come there hoping to escape the network of symbols

她满怀着希望来到这里想逃避她所看到的符号网络
that she has seen--all those post horns--

所有的邮件符号
and instead she's immersed with a new network of them.

反而又沉浸在一个新的符号网络中
We're told: Just before the morning rush hour

书里告诉我们刚好在早上上班高峰期之前
she got out of a jitney whose ancient driver ended each day

她从一辆小公共汽车下来那辆车的老司机每天都
in the red downtown on Howard Street,

在哈佛路的红色市中心停车
began to walk toward the Embarcadero.

她开始朝恩巴卡德罗大道走去