They sat talking for hours on the dusty, twig-littered floor, one or other of them getting up from time to time to cast a glance through the arrowslits and make sure that no one was coming.

• 地板上满是尘土断枝，他们便坐在这儿一气聊了几小时。 过不一会儿，他们得轮流站起身，从窗缝往外瞟一眼，好知道是不是有人走过来。