Ahead a very erect-walking old Negro in a black alpaca coat and pressed dark trousers came out of one of the unpainted board shacks along the road that was shaded by two tall coconut palms and turned into the highway ahead of him.

• 在他前面走着一个腰背笔挺的老黑人。黑羊驼绒的外套，熨得平平的裤子，走上公路，两侧夹道遮荫的椰子树下，是一溜沿街的白木板棚屋。老黑人是从一间棚屋里出来。