he fell into a daydream and began to draw diagrams on the cover of the book.

他开始胡思乱想不停在书皮上乱画
He saw himself sitting at his table in Bray

他看见自己在圣诞节的晚餐讨论之后的清晨
the morning after the discussion at the Christmas dinner table,

他坐在布雷的家中的桌旁
trying to write a poem about Parnell

试着在他父亲的一份通知的反面
on the back of one of his father's second moiety notices.

写一首关于帕内尔的诗
But his brain had then refused to grapple with the theme and, desisting,

但是他的大脑却不听使唤让他无法思考
he had covered the page with the names and addresses

他在纸上写满了一些同学的名字和住址
of certain of his classmates: roderick Kickham,

罗德里克·基卡姆
John Lawton,

约翰·劳顿
Anthony MacSweeney,

安东尼·麦斯微尼
Simon Moonan.

西蒙·穆南
The version of this that comes up in the novel

小说中的这部分版本出现在亨伯特的日记中