Even this past year and a half on the Zugersee seemed wasted time for her, the seasons marked only by the workmen on the road turning pink in May, brown in July, black in September, white again in Spring.

甚至过去一年半在 Zugersee 的时间对她来说也似乎是浪费时间，只有道路上的工人标记的季节在五月变成粉红色，七月变成棕色，九月变成黑色，春天又变成白色。