They haunt the empty chambers of our lives, they throng around us like dead leaves whirled in the autumn wind.

它们出没于我们生活的空荡荡的房间， 它们像枯叶一样聚集在我们周围， 在秋风中飞舞。

He had spent the time in working about the premises, sweeping leaves from the garden paths, cutting dead stalks from the flower beds, and nailing up creepers which had been displaced by the autumn winds.

他一直在为整理这幢老房子而忙活着，清扫花园小径上的树叶，修剪花坛中的枯枝，把秋风刮下来的爬藤钉起来。