It was dark. The lawn was black, the sky blacker. Pillars of chalky light reached up from the ground and illuminated the chapel, which glowed, moonlike, against the night sky.

外面一片漆黑。草坪是黑的，天空更黑。白垩色的光柱从地面升起，照亮了教堂，让它在夜空的映衬下，像月亮一样闪闪发光。