EX3: The exodus of wives, relatives, friends and hangers-on had left a big howling lacuna which wrapped the homestead in webs of glorious nostalgia.

• 在出埃及记里的太太、亲戚、朋友及食客们都烙下了不小的阴影。这样的怀乡阴霾，就像张金碧辉煌的网，把整座农园团团裹住。