The cloven halves were not broken from each other, for the firm base and strong roots kept them unsundered below; though community of vitality was destroyed--the sap could flow no more: their great boughs on each side were dead, and next winter's tempests would be sure to fell one or both to earth: as yet, however, they might be said to form one tree--a ruin, but an entire ruin.
Le due parti dell'albero non erano completamente divise fra loro; le forti radici le univano ancora, ma la vita comune era distrutta; il succo comune non poteva più scorrere. Da ogni lato i grandi rami ricadevano morti, e alla prima tempesta invernale l'albero sarebbe caduto certo, ma per allora era una rovina, e una rovina intera.