When he turned off the lights, shards of fire glowed softly through layers of ash as delicate and white as the snow piled so high now on the porch railings and the rhododendron bushes.

• 他关上电灯，余火在层层灰烬中发出柔和的光线，恰如屋外的雪花一样明亮细致，白雪已积到前廊的扶手和杜鹃花丛。