Very few of these seeds will germintate in the cool, sunless shade created by their towering parents.
极少数的种子能在荫冷的地面上发芽,这都归咎于那如高塔般的密林。
I felt how—if I were his wife, this good man, pure as the deep sunless source, could soon kill me, without drawing from my veins a single drop of blood, or receiving on his own crystal conscience the faintest stain of crime.
我觉得——如果我是他的妻子,这个好男人,纯洁如深不见阳的源头,很快就会杀死我,而不会从我的血管中抽出一滴血,也不会在他自己水晶般的良心上留下最微弱的罪行污点。