CHAPTER XLVIII

 Bring beauty and order into my forlorn life, woman, as you brought them into my house when you lived.

 

Sweep away the dusty fragments of the hours, fill the empty jars, and mend all that has been neglected.

 

Then open the inner door of the shrine¹, light the candle, and let us meet there in silence before our God.

1 shrine   

n.圣地，神龛，庙；v.将...置于神龛内，把...奉为神圣

参考例句：

• The shrine was an object of pilgrimage.这处圣地是人们朝圣的目的地。
• They bowed down before the shrine.他们在神龛前鞠躬示敬。