No one was in sight, and not a sound came from the open windows of the house: a grizzled Newfoundland dozing before the door seemed as ineffectual a guardian as the arrowless Cupid.

没有人在视线内，房子敞开的窗户也没有发出任何声音：一个头发花白的纽芬兰在门前打瞌睡， 就像没有箭的丘比特一样无能为力。