The broad outer moat was dry and grass-grown, and the laden trees of the orchard hung over it with gnarled straggling branches that drew fantastical patterns upon the green slope.

• 宽阔的外围护邸沟渠是干涸的，长满了草，果园里不堪重负的树木，其纠曲多节的枝权悬垂渠上，在苍翠的斜坡上勾勒出幅幅错综奇形的图案。