He crawled to another chimney and waited; it was so cold that he had a wild wish to merge into the icy bricks of the chimney and have it all over.

• 他爬到另一个烟囱边等待着；他浑身冷得厉害，真希望自己能与烟囱的冷冰冰的砖块混为一体，把这桩事全部了结。