He heard the masons who were walling up the cloister walls talking between themselves.

他听到修道院的石匠们在互相交谈。

If only she could explain her motivations to the dragon, maybe it would forgive her for walling it up in the cave.

如果她能向龙解释她的动机，也许它会原谅她把它堵在山洞里。