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Chapter 5 The Avenging Angels

第五章 复仇天使

All night their course lay through intricate defiles and
over irregular and rock-strewn paths. More than once they

lost their way, but Hope's intimate knowledge of the
mountains enabled them to regain the track once more.
When morning broke, a scene of marvellous though savage
beauty lay before them. In every direction the great snow-
capped peaks hemmed them in, peeping over each other's

shoulders to the far horizon. So steep were the rocky banks
on either side of them, that the larch and the pine seemed
to be suspended over their heads, and to need only a gust

of wind to come hurtling down upon them. Nor was the fear
entirely an illusion, for the barren valley was thickly strewn
with trees and boulders which had fallen in a similar
manner. Even as they passed, a great rock came thundering
down with a hoarse rattle which woke the echoes in the

silent gorges, and startled the weary horses into a gallop.

整整一夜，他们走的都是一些错综复杂的小路和崎岖难行、乱石
交错的山道。他们不止一次迷了路，但是霍普对山地情况的精细了解

让他们得以重新回到正确的路线上。天亮时，一幅荒凉却壮丽无比的

景色呈现在他们眼前。四面八方都被白雪皑皑的山峰所环绕，重重叠
叠的山头一直绵延到遥远的地平线上。路两旁尽是悬崖绝壁，那些落

叶松和松树好像是悬挂在他们头顶一样，仿佛一阵风吹过来，就会落
下来，压在他们身上。这并不完全是空想出来的恐惧，因为在这个荒

凉的山谷里，草木丛生，乱石杂陈，树石都曾这样滚下来过。甚至在
他们前进的时候，就有过一块巨石雷鸣般地滚落下来，隆隆之声在这

寂静的峡谷里回荡着，吓得疲乏的马都惊跑起来。

As the sun rose slowly above the eastern horizon, the
caps of the great mountains lit up one after the other, like

lamps at a festival, until they were all ruddy and glowing.