In fact, though they were not Egdon men, they could hardly avoid it while they sucked their long clay tubes and regarded the heath through the window.

事实上，他们虽然不是在荒原上的居民，但是当他们抽着长长的陶土烟斗，从窗口遥望那一片荒原时，就免不了要聊起这个话题。

Seated round the table were four or five boys, none older than the Dodger, smoking long clay pipes, and drinking spirits with the air of middle-aged men.

桌子周围坐​​着四五个男孩，没有一个比道奇大，他们抽着长长的陶制烟斗，喝着烈酒，一副中年男人的样子。

His partner was seated at the table, solacing himself after the labours of the day by luxurious alternations between a long clay pipe and a mug of perry.

他的搭档坐在桌旁，在一天的劳累之后，用一根长长的陶制烟斗和一杯梨酒来安慰自己。