He looked vaguely about at the fire that was already fading, and there among the ashes lay two shining things that had survived the fire, his sword and Turnbull's, fallen haphazard in the pattern of a cross.

他茫然环顾已渐渐熄灭的火焰；灰烬中躺着两件从火里幸存的闪亮之物——他和特恩布尔的剑，偶然交叠成十字。