[英]新开地, 开垦地
Straddling this trio is the celebrated journalist himself, Marina's father, Murray Thwaite, the emperor. 横跨在这三重唱之上的还是那位记者本人，马莲娜的父亲，莫里斯维特，书中的国王。
Marina Thwaite, Danielle Minkoff and Julius Clarke met at Brown University, and left believing they were destined to do important things. 马莲娜斯维特，丹尼尔明柯夫和朱利叶斯克拉克同在布朗大学上学，毕业时都认为各自会干一番大事。
Seeley sucks up to Thwaite, but secretly believes he is a fraud, a “Wizard of Oz, a tiny, pointless man roaring behind a curtain”, and he plots his ruin as he seduces his daughter. 斯利虽然拍着斯维特的马屁，但却认为他是一个骗子，一个“绿野仙踪里，矮小的，无足轻重的，在幕边叫喊的小角色”，并且要通过诱导斯维特的女儿来毁掉斯维特。
