Neither of them spoke for a while. The fire was dying; a few stray raindrops found their way down the chimney and hissed in the cooling coals.

• 他们沉默着。炉火奄奄一息。零星的雨点从烟囱滴下来,落在逐渐冷却的煤块上,发出嘶嘶的声音。