They sneak out quietly, and Henry touches Alex's shoulder at the gate near where his SUV waits, presses his palm into the wool of his coat and the knot of muscle.

他们悄悄溜出去， 亨利在亚历克斯SUV停泊处附口碰了碰他肩膀，将手掌按在他外套羊毛肌肉结上。

With other spears, with other cedar-fibres, with paddle-blade and cunning traps he dislodged the weeds from their moorings, but they slipped their slimy lengths through his eager hands: his best spear with its attendant coil was gone.

他用其他长矛，用其他纤维，用桨叶狡猾陷阱把杂草从它们停泊处移开，但它们从他热切手中滑过它们黏糊糊长度：他最好长矛连同它线圈都不见了。