When i came to the stile, i stopped a minute, looked round and listened, with an idea that a horse s hoofs might ring on the causeway again, and that a rider in a cloak, and a gytrash-like newfoundland dog, might be again apparent : i saw only the hedge and a pollard willow before me, rising up still and straight to meet the moonbeams; i heard only the faintest waft of wind roaming fitful among the trees round thornfield, a mile distant; and when i glanced down in the direction of the murmur, my eye, traversing the hall-front, caught a light kindling in a window : it reminded me that i was late, and i hurried on 我路过台阶时驻足片刻，举目四顾，并静听着。心想马蹄声会再次在小路上回响，一位身披斗篷的骑手，一条盖特拉西似的纽芬兰狗会重新出现在眼前。但我只看到树篱和面前一棵没有枝梢的柳树，静静地兀立着，迎接月亮的清辉我只听到一阵微风，在一英里开外，绕着桑菲尔德府的树林时起时落当我朝轻风拂拂的方向俯视时，我的目光扫过府楼正面，看到了一个窗户里亮着灯光，提醒我时候已经不早。
