Then, as she recalled that dark portal, with its dusty stairway mounting between close walls to disappear in the upper shadows, her mind drew back as from a doorway to Purgatory.

然后，当她回忆起那个黑暗的入口，它的尘土飞扬的楼梯从密密麻麻的墙壁之间升起，消失在上方的阴影中时，她的思绪就像从通往炼狱的门口一样退了回来。