The earth, ruddy like the powder of tobacco, deadened the noise of their steps, and with the edge of their shoes the horses as they walked kicked the fallen fir cones in front of them.
A talaj, mely vörösesbarna volt, mint a tubák, elnyelte a lépések hangját; és a lovak, a mint előbbre haladtak, patkóik szélével lehullott fenyűtobozokat rugdaltak tova.