Though I came early, I didn't yet have a ticket to get in, so I stood to one side as an embarrassed spectator, watching the evenly passing crowd as it was swallowed by the main door. My friend the playwright didn't show up at the entrance.
我雖然到得很早，卻由於無戲票，只能置身於隊伍之外，成為靦腆的旁觀者，看著眾人逐步通過自己面前，慢慢被大門吞吸進去。