It was a clearing just downhill from a peak of eight thousand feet.那是片林间空地，就在一座八千英尺高地山峰下面。There were six people in the clearing, crouching around the campfire.林间空地上有六个人，都蹲在篝火旁。I left the gay saloons of New York for the green glades of the country.我离开了纽约欢乐的酒店，来到乡村绿色的林间空地。