The garden that surrounded it had been allowed to run wild, and the avenue up which they walked was green with rank weeds.

它周围的花园被允许荒废， 他们走上去的大道上长满了杂草。

The evil of these departed years would naturally have sprung up again, in such rank weeds (symbolic of the transmitted vices of society) as are always prone to root themselves about human dwellings.

这些逝去岁月的邪恶自然会再次出现，在这种等级的杂草中（象征着社会传播的恶习）总是倾向于在人类住宅周围扎根。