Through the long black night, the savage scouts wriggle, snake-like, among the grass without stirring a blade.

在漫长的黑夜里，野蛮的侦察员像蛇一样在草丛中蠕动，一片叶子也不晃动。

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Not a village, not a human being, not a tree, not a blade of grass — the only breaks in the monotonous whiteness are gaping cracks which in places show the layer of moist, black clay underneath.

没有村庄，没有人烟，没有树木，也没有草叶——单调的白色当中，唯一打破沉寂的是那些偶尔露出底下湿黑土壤的巨大裂缝。

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Sanford, 47, a frank, blade-thin woman with gray-green eyes, black suede high-heeled boots and a cuff bracelet made from the skin of an alligator shot by her eldest son.

她穿着翻皮高跟长靴，戴着一条皮质手链。 这条手链是由她的大儿子所射杀的一条鳄鱼的皮制成的。

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Citrine gemstones adorn the button lock and the thumb stud, pairing beautifully with the chestnut wood scale, the gold accents of the bolster and the elegant black blade.

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Slender, sheathed in black leather, with short ebony hair sticking up in a tuft, her fingers sticking out of black woollen gloves as they skitter across a keyboard, Mara cuts through scene after scene like a swift, dark blade.

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