If a breath of air stirred, it made no sound here; for there was not a holly, not an evergreen to rustle, and the stripped hawthorn and hazel bushes were as still as the white, worn stones which causewayed the middle of the path.
Se tirava vento, lì non si sentiva, perché tutti gli alberi erano nudi e muti come le pietre bianche, che selciavano la via.