He glanced about him at the unpruned garden, the tumble-down house, and the oak-grove under which the dusk was gathering.

他环顾四周， 看着未经修剪的花园、摇摇欲坠的房子，以及暮色笼罩下的橡树林。

On the porch stood one lonely wooden rocker, and the afternoon breeze made the unpruned shoots of last year's poinsettias tap-tap against the cracked stucco wall.

门廊上立着一个孤独的木摇椅， 午后的微风吹得去年一品红未修剪的嫩芽拍打着开裂的灰泥墙。