The house was encrusted with heavy thatchings, which dropped between the upper windows; the front, upon which the moonbeams directly played, had originally been white; but a huge pyracanth now darkened the greater portion.
屋顶上铺了厚厚的茅草,垂挂高处两扇窗户中间;月光直射房子正面墙上,那墙本来是白色的,但有很大一部分让一棵大红果常青棘给遮暗了。