船靠岸了
Polly lands at Stromness off the morning boat and works out, one question at a time, how a place with no trees and no distance is arranged.
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Keep it on your phone →早班船绕过一道低矮的海岬,停靠在斯特罗姆内斯。镇上的房子背对着海水,山墙的尖角迎着风。波莉踏上湿漉漉的石板,立刻明白了这里的风是怎么回事。那不是一阵风,那是一种常态。码头尽头坐着一只柯利牧羊犬,正看着缆绳。波莉走过去问:“你能给我指路吗?”
他问她想去哪里,她承认自己还不知道。在这里,这是个合理的回答。这片群岛有将近七十个岛,其中大约二十个上面住着人,没有一个离海岸很远。这里没有森林,没有防风林带,没有任何东西比农舍的烟囱更高。“请问我在哪里可以坐上公交车?”她问。他朝坡顶的一个候车亭偏了偏头。
接着她犯了一个在城市里过了一个夏天的鸟才会犯的错。“走到市中心要多久?”柯利犬顺着那条贯穿全镇的石板街望过去,有些地方窄得汽车要把后视镜收起来才过得去。十一分钟,他说,如果你会停下来看看橱窗的话。
“你能告诉我今天有什么有意思的活动吗?”他认真对待这个问题。渡轮时刻表就是本地新闻,他说,其余的一切都随船一起到。这个星期晚些时候有一班船开往海豹礁。有一座战俘建造的小教堂。还有一座村庄,在沙丘底下埋了四千年,直到一场风暴把沙丘卷走。
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