The light in the guard-house, half derived from the waning oil-lampsof the night, and half from the overcast day, was in a correspondinglyuncertain condition.
警卫室的光线一半来自越来越暗的油灯，一半来自阴沉的天空，也处于一种相应的暖昧状态。
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One of the men kept guard , while the other broke into the house.
一人放哨，另一人则闯进了房子里。
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3
Monfort was shot during a skirmish with police as they were trying to question him in his house, and is still recovering under police guard in hospital.