By the time the moon stoodclear of the horizon, full-chested and round and of the colour of ivory, the valleys were deep shadows in the landscape.
等到皓月当空，满月如盘，闪烁出象牙般的清辉，山谷便成了风景中一片幽深的阴影。
2
Eventually the light swelled so that all the lines of the varnished bead board walls stoodclear, and Inman could cock back on the chair's hind legs and count the flies on the ceiling.
最后，屋内开始亮堂起来，抛光墙板上的接缝也清晰可辨。英曼翘起椅子前腿，仰着头数天花板上的苍蝇。
3
She again rubbed a match on the wall, and the light shone round her; in the brightness stood her old grandmother, clear and shining, yet mild and loving in her appearance.