Giles,seated at the far end of the dais steps and leaned back on his elbows with his legs stretched out at ease in front of him,watched the roof beams take black shape in the graying dark obove him.

• 基尔坐在门厅最后一级台阶上，斜依着胳膊肘，他的两条腿毫无拘束的向前伸展着，而他的视线，则投在不远处已融入黑夜的屋顶轮廓上。