They had known war and terror and fire, had seen dear ones dead before their time;they had hungered and been ragged, had lived with the wolf at the door.And they had rebuilt fortune from ruin.

• 可是目前这种对于未来灾难的恐惧感却持续着，仿佛有个邪恶的盖着头巾的东西恰好蹲在她的肩上，仿佛脚下的土地她一踩上就会变成流沙似的。