From the piazza, from behind some adjacent tree, or other concealed point of observation, he was perpetually on the watch.

从广场上，从附近的一棵树后面， 或其他隐蔽的观察点，他一直在监视着。

From this point of observation the prospect exhibited the peculiarity of being either brilliant foreground or the subdued tone of distance, a sudden dip in the surface of the country lowering out of sight all the intermediate prospect.

从这个角度观察，远景表现出一种特殊性，要么是明亮的前景，要么是远处柔和的色调，乡村表面的突然下降使所有中间前景都消失了。