The sun had set. In the western sky there were great masses of crushed-up rose-coloured clouds. Broad beams of light shone through the clouds and beyond them as if they would cover the whole sky.

太阳落山了。在西方的天空中，有大量压碎的玫瑰色云彩。一道道宽阔的光柱穿过云层，越过云层，仿佛要遮蔽整个天空。