Within the bosom of the encircling hills, an impenetrable darkness had already settled; and the plain lay like a vast and deserted charnel-house, without omen or whisper to disturb the slumbers of its numerous and hapless tenants.

四周群山的腹地之中，已经笼罩了一层深不可测的黑暗。平原就像一个巨大而荒凉的停尸房，没有预兆或耳语来打扰无数倒霉的房客的沉睡。