Carreen and Suellen, emaciated and white, slept brokenly and awoke to mumble with wide, staring eyes in the tall four-poster bed where they had whispered together in better, happier days.

卡琳和苏伦同样的形容消瘦，面色苍白，她们时睡时醒，醒时便躺在那张高高的四柱床上，瞪着大眼低声闲聊。在过去光景较好的日子里，她们就一起在这张床上喁喁私语惯了。

It is so late — why, it is actually ten o'clock, " as the clock with coughing and tinny thumps marked the hour. " Carreen should have been asleep long ago.

已经十点了，你看，" 时钟恰好咳嗽似的闷声闷气地敲着钟点。" 卡琳早就该睡了。