Thick smoke still went straight upwards in the windless air of the morning, and a great pile of ardent cinders filled the bare walls of the house, like coals in an open grate.

清晨无风的空气中，浓烟仍在直升，一大堆炽热的煤渣填满了房子光秃秃的墙壁，就像敞开的炉子里的煤一样。