As he talked along, softly, pleasantly, flowingly, he seemed to drift away imperceptibly out of this world and time, and into some remote era and old forgotten country.

• 他软声软气地，滔滔不绝地向我娓娓而谈，不知不觉的，他似乎是离开了这个世界与时代，漂流到一个荒远难稽的时代与早已被人忘记的古国。