To do things musingly, and by small degrees, seemed, indeed, to be a duty in the Egdon valleys at this transitional hour, for there was that in the condition of the heath itself which resembled protracted and halting dubiousness.

在这昼夜交替之际，身处埃格敦荒原的谷地，做事要深思熟虑，缓慢渐进，仿佛成为一种责任，因为荒原本身状态就有这样一种神情，像是在拖延停顿、半信半疑。