In this state they set forth with the sharp rain driving in their faces: clattering at a heavy dragoon trot over the uneven town pavement and out upon the mire-deep roads.

他们就像这样冒着打在面颊上的急雨出发了。 马蹄踏着龙骑兵式的沉重步伐在市镇的凹凸不平的街道上和市外深深的泥泞里吧哒吧哒走着。

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Everything I experienced on those walks seemed so healthy and clean — the millions of leaves glossy with rain; the sharp, clear notes of the birds; even the rich, loamy smell of the dirt itself.

在这里经历的所有一切都如此健康清新：无数的叶子在雨中闪烁；鸟儿清脆的叫声；浓郁的泥土芬芳。

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Then there was the rain, sharp and cold, lashing at them through the cracks.

不一会，冷削的雨点透过缝隙砸了下来。

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Was it the sight of large crowds braving horizontal rain and sharp winds to cheer the torch relay on its journey to Stratford?

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