They would still feel that suck of dead air, that hollow vacuum created when time slips behind a curtain, when the minutes quit their orderly tick and ooze away, one by one.

• 他们会依然记得那讨厌的呆板的气氛以及那气氛下空虚真空般的窒息，窗帘后时间流动，每一分钟在指针有规律的走动中慢慢流逝，一分一秒。