Just as he was wondering what to do, an old man with swollen feet walking with a stick appeared. He invited the student to stay in his "shelter from the cold." The youth followed the old man to his abode, which turned out to be moldy and inundated with water.
正彷徨的時候，一位手腳浮腫，拄著杖的老人家邀他到「寒舍」過夜，書生跟著老人家走到一間四壁陰濕、積水未乾的屋子。