The reader will recall this angle which formed a sort of cape on the street;it afforded shelter from the bullets, the grape-shot, and all eyes, and a few square feet of space.

• 我们记得这拐角处形成了一个伸向大街的海岬，它形成一个几尺见方的能挡住枪弹和霰弹、也能挡住人的视线的地方。