A votary of the desk---a notched and cropt scrivener---one that sucks his substance, as certain sick people are said to do, through a quill.
写字台上的信差——一个刻着凹痕的抄写员——像某些病人说的那样，用羽毛笔吸着他的东西。
写字台上的信差——一个刻着凹痕的抄写员——像某些病人说的那样，用羽毛笔吸着他的东西。