A handsome, tough-looking boy of nine had popped up from behind the table and was menacing him with a toy automatic pistol, while his small sister, about two years younger, made the same gesture with a fragment of wood.

• 一个九岁男孩子从桌子后边突地蹦了出来。 他长得挺漂亮，然而一脸凶横，拿了支玩具手枪，朝温斯顿直比划。 他的妹妹要小两岁光景，也学哥哥的样子做，手里拿的是根木头棍儿。