10. The Saxon peasants who tilled the land and reared the animals could not afford the meat, which went to Norman tables.

10. 耕种土地和饲养动物的撒克逊农民买不起诺曼人餐桌上的肉。

The landscape was gently concave; with the exception of tower and hill there were no points on which late rays might linger; and hence the dish- shaped ninety acres of tilled land assumed a uniform hue of shade quite suddenly.

风景微微凹陷。除了塔和山之外，没有任何地方可以留下晚霞。因此，九十英亩的碟形耕地突然呈现出统一的阴影色调。