The cottage looked quiet, dark and sorrowful in the rain and coldness.

这小屋在雨天和多云的天气里显得十分寂静，阴暗以及悲伤。家中几乎没有什么值钱的东西。

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Rain was drumming on the roof, wind fluting in the eaves of the cottage, sea performing glissandi with the beach.

雨，敲击着屋顶，风，吹拂着房檐；大海与沙滩，合奏着轻音乐。

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But my best memories of the cottage are of the screened-in porch out back, reading in a chaise longue, listening to an afternoon rain shower and, one evening, the insistent call of a whip-poor-will.

FORBES: Weekend in the Country