The fierce wind drove the flames at the sides and back of the house up the clearing; and our passage to the road or to the forest, on the right and left, was entirely obstructed by a sea of flames.

狂风吹动着火焰正越过门前空地，就要达到房子侧墙和后墙了；通向左侧的山路或右侧森林的路完全被火焰阻挡了。