In the evening twilight, and later whenever the night was not dark, Silas looked out on that narrow prospect round the Stone-pits, listening and gazing, not with hope, but with mere yearning and unrest.

黄昏时分，以及后来夜色不太黑的时候，西拉斯总望着采石坑周围那一小片景象，倾听、凝视；心中并非怀着希望，只有渴望与不安。