Whitcross is no town, nor even a hamlet; it is but a stone pillar set up where four roads meet: whitewashed, I suppose, to be more obvious at a distance and in darkness.

惠特克罗斯不是城镇，甚至也不是小村庄；它只是一根石柱，竖立在四条道路的交汇处：我想是粉刷过的，以便在远处和黑暗中更加明显。