So she sat down on the cold, wet stone steps.

于是她在冰冷潮湿的石阶上坐下。

I stepped from one word to the next like a very old man finding his way across a stream on a zigzag line of wet stones.

我像个老态龙钟的人小心翼翼曲曲折折地踩着一块又一块的湿石头过河一样，从一个单词摸到下一个。

Here was the little flight of wet stone steps leading down to the moat; and there the fortress scowling across the strip of dirty water.

这是通往护城河的一小段潮湿的石阶。那里的堡垒在脏水带上怒目而视。

With a self-control beyond praise she turned her eyes away from the endless tea gardens, green and cool, with gay cloths gleaming like wet stones in the shadows.

她以一种无可称赞的自制力把目光从一望无际的茶园上移开， 茶园绿意盎然， 凉爽宜人，色彩艳丽的布料在阴影中像潮湿的石头一样闪闪发光。