Here and there low wooden houses were scattered along the streets, as in other Southern villages, but he was chiefly attracted by an unfinished square marble shaft, half-a-mile below, and he walked down to inspect it before breakfast.

和其他南方村庄一样，街道两旁散落着低矮的木屋，但他主要被下方半英里处一个未完工的方形大理石竖井所吸引，他在早餐前走下去视察了一番。