They had little fancy for the open country, the cleared lands on the shores of the bayous, but preferred to hide themselves within the shadows of the forest.

他们对开阔的田野、河湾岸边开阔的土地毫无兴趣， 更喜欢躲在森林的阴影下。

On coming within the shadow of the Pyncheon Elm, he stopt, and (taking off his hat, meanwhile, to wipe the perspiration from his brow) seemed to scrutinize, with especial interest, the dilapidated and rusty-visaged House of the Seven Gables.

来到品钦榆树的阴影下，他停了下来，（同时摘下帽子，擦了擦额头上的汗水）似乎特别感兴趣地仔细打量着破败不堪、面目生锈的七山墙之家。