The remaining three were white, though clad in vestments adapted, both in quality and color, to their present hazardous pursuit—that of hanging on the skirts of a retiring army in the wilderness.

剩下的三个人是白人，虽然穿着的法衣在质量和颜色上都适合他们目前的危险追求——在荒野中挂在一支退役军队的裙子上。