Beautiful country houses, with clocks and long lines of shuttered windows, and fine old trees standing in groves and avenues, gave a rich and sombre aspect in the rain and the deepening dusk to the shores of the canal.

美丽的乡间宅邸，挂着时钟、排着长列闭合的百叶窗；优雅的老树在林丛与大道旁矗立，使雨中暮色渐浓的运河两岸显得丰厚而幽沉。