The carriage plowed its way farther and halted for a moment to permit two ladies with baskets of bandages on their arms to pick precarious passages across the sloppy street on stepping stones.

• 马车行驶了一程之后停了片刻，让两位挎着绷带篮子的妇女战战兢兢踏着垫脚石横过溜滑的街道。