The arbor was vacant, and its floor, table, and circular bench were still damp, and bestrewn with twigs and the disarray of the past storm.

是空的，它的地板、桌子和圆形长凳仍然潮湿，到处都是树枝和过去暴风雨造成的混乱。

Why, then, —while so much of the soil around him was bestrewn with the virgin forest leaves, —why should Colonel Pyncheon prefer a site that had already been accurst?

那么，为什么——虽然他周围的许土壤都布满了原始森林的树叶——为什么品钦上校偏爱一个已经被破坏的地点？

The black cloth bestrewn with white beads blew up from time to time, laying bare the coffin. The tired bearers walked more slowly, and it advanced with constant jerks, like a boat that pitches with every wave.

黑色棺罩上星罗棋布地装饰着的白点，时时刻刻风会掀起罩布，露出棺木来。 抬棺材的人走累了，就走慢点，于是棺木一颠一颠，好像迎风破浪、上颠簸的小船。