But that distant echo was the only response produced by Neb's shouts, while a heavy gloom hung over all the part east of the island.

可是回答纳布呼唤的只是遥远的回声，而小岛整个的东部却是一片昏暗。

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Black churchgoers, of course, often do the same thing at Sunday-morning services, and I suspect that the amenlike responses of black theatergoers are a not-so-distant echo of that old-time religion.

WSJ: Theatergoers: Can I Get an Amen? | Sightings by Terry Teachout