When the Gadfly reached his lodgings the sun had set, and the blossoming pyrus japonica that hung over the garden wall looked dark in the fading light.

牛虻回到住处时，太阳已经落山了，挂在花园墙上的盛开的梨树在渐暗的光线下显得暗淡无光。

She put up her face to be kissed, but he moved past as though he had not seen the gesture, and took up a vase to put the pyrus in.

她抬起脸让她亲吻，但他走过去，好像没看到她的动作，拿起一个花瓶，把梨树放进去。