It seemed obvious now that his plan of the previous day—that of covering himself with a shallow layer of anonymity, becoming a turnspit or a scrubber at some rural hostel—was an impossible notion.

现在看起来，很明显，他头一天的计划——就是在一些乡村的旅馆里，找一个烤肉的，或是洗碗的工作，以此来给自己罩上一层薄薄的伪装，隐藏自己的身份——这明显是不可能的了。