For ten minutes I listened to the water slapping the piles. A night bird whirred in the dark, the faint grayness of a wing cut across my vision and disappeared. A plane droned high in the ceiling.

有十分钟的时间，我听到了水拍打石堆的声音。一只夜鸟在黑暗中呼啸，一只翅膀的淡灰色划过我的视线，消失了。一架飞机在高高的天花板上嗡嗡作响。