The Volga glided quietly between its overgrown banks, with here and there a sandbank or an island thickly covered with bushes. In the distance lay the sandhills and the darkening forest.

伏尔加河在其杂草丛生的河岸之间静静地流过，到处都是沙洲或长满灌木的岛屿。远处是沙丘和越来越暗的森林。