He had taken great pains to make the setting attractive: green candles stood waiting to be lit and in the centre was a bowl of white miniature roses.他费尽心思布置得漂亮些:绿色的蜡烛摆好等待燃点,中间是一盘微型白玫瑰。The coffin lying before the altar was bare, except for a single wreath of white roses.祭台前的棺木上除了仅有的一个白玫瑰花圈外,没有其他任何装饰。