He had spent three days sitting inside the bole of an artificial oak tree, three nights crawling on his belly through the heather, hiding microphones in gorse bushes, burying wires in the soft grey sand.

他在一棵伪装橡树的树洞里坐了三天，在石南丛里爬了三夜，把麦克风埋藏在金雀花丛中，把电线埋在灰色的软沙里。