I had been in that battered old pub for half an hour, quietly nursing a drink, when my thoughtful stare finally focused on a medium-sized lump in a grassy puddle a hundred feet away.

• 我在那家破旧的酒馆里已经呆了半个小时，安静的喝着一杯酒，当我的眼神最终聚焦到一个一百英尺外的长满草的小水坑上的中等型号的肿块。