The sullen murmur of the bees shouldering their way through the long unmown grass, or circling with monotonous insistence round the dusty gilt horns of the straggling woodbine, seemed to make the stillness more oppressive.

蜜蜂在长长未割过草丛中艰难前行，或者单调地持绕着零散木槿满是灰尘镀金角盘旋， 发出闷闷不声， 似乎让寂静更加压抑。