He once told me he always kept a horse with a flaxen mane and tail because he liked to see one run in the moonlight with his mane arched high and his tail floating on the wind.

他曾告诉我说，他一直喂养着一匹长着亚麻色鬃毛和尾巴的马，因为他喜欢看这样的一匹马在月光下奔跑，马鬃高高地蓬起，马尾在风中飘舞。

His tail floats now behind him, now above him, level or gracefully curled like a wisp of cirrus cloud, every hair in its place, clean and shining and radiant as thistle-down in spite of rough, gummy work.

像一缕卷云一样水平或优雅地卷曲， 每一根毛发都各就各位， 干净、闪亮， 尽管经过了粗糙、粘稠的工作， 但仍像蓟绒一样闪闪发光。