As it waned into dusk, I began to feel that we were getting very far indeed from Gateshead: we ceased to pass through towns;the country changed;great gray hills heaved up round the horizon.

• 天空变得昏暗,我开始感觉我们确实真的离盖茨黑德越来越远了:盖茨黑德是我们最后经过的一个小镇,小镇变了,在远处的地平线看到深灰色的山峦升起。