And for months thereafter a stream of scarecrows, bearded, ragged, footsore and always hungry, toiled up the red hill to Tara and came to rest on the shady front steps, wanting food and a night's lodging.
从那以后好几个月里,一些衣衫褴褛,满脸胡须、走坏了脚又往往饿肚子的人,源源不绝地翻过红土山起来到塔拉农场,在屋阴凉的台阶上休息,既要吃的又要在那里过夜。