The red sparks in the water vanished together with the stains of blood in the black mantle draping the sombre head of the Placid Gulf; a sudden breeze sprang up and died out after rustling heavily the growth of bushes on the ruined earthwork of the fort.

• 水中的红色火星连同笼罩着平静湾阴霾海岬的黑披风上的血渍也随即消失；突如其来的一阵微风吹得要塞废墟上的灌木丛哗啦啦响了一阵之后，歇住了。