The lie of the land meant that my neighbor's white house was lower than mine, placing her upstairs window on a level with my ground floor living-room window. The "rat-tat" sound came from her upstairs window, but because it was so near it sounded as if it was comg from my own.
因為地勢關係，鄰居的白屋比我的屋子矮了一截，她樓上的窗與我樓下客廳的窗同高，「砰」的聲音就是從她樓上的窗傳來的，但因為距離近，也像拍在我的窗上。