On one of these sat a small, pale, and wrinkled person, motionlessly shadowed and yielding an effect as of some fading, antique portrait in chiaroscuro.

其中一张上面坐着一个脸色苍白、满脸皱纹的小个子，一动不动地投在阴影中，产生的效果就像明暗对比下褪色的古董肖像。