There were no sounds but that of the booming wind upon the stretch of tawny herbage around them, the crackling wheels, the tread of man, and the footsteps of the two shaggy ponies which drew the van.

• 那时，只听得辚辚的车轮声，沙沙的脚步声，拉车的那两匹鬣毛蓬松的小马得得的蹄声，四周一片棕黄色的野草上面呼呼的风声。除此之外，再也听不到别的声音了。