And occasionally they would look up at the starlight and the rock and see the space guarded by the two cross-hilted swords, which looked like two black crosses at either end of a grave.
他们偶尔抬头望向星光与岩石,看着两柄十字剑柄的长剑守护着那片空地,宛如坟墓两端竖立的黑色十字架。
— G. K. Chesterton · The Ball and the Cross · XII · The Desert Island —