With a desperation that was madness, unmindful of the pain, he hurried up the slope to the crest of the hill over which his comrade had disappeared - more grotesque and comical by far than that limping, jerking comrade.

• 他像发疯似地拼着命，不顾疼痛，匆匆登上斜坡，走向他的伙伴失去踪影的那个山头--比起那个瘸着腿，一瘸一拐的伙伴来，他的样子更显得古怪可笑。