When she came close and looked in she beheld indistinct forms racing up and down to the figure of the dance, the silence of their footfalls arising from their being overshoe in 'scroff' - that is to say, the powdery residuum from the storage of peat and other products, the stirring of which by their turbulent feet created the nebulosity that involved the scene. Through this floating, fusty débris of peat and hay, mixed with the perspirations and warmth of the dancers, and forming together a sort of vegeto-human pollen, the muted fiddles feebly pushed their notes, in marked contrast to the spirit with which the measure was trodden out. They coughed as they danced, and laughed as they coughed. Of the rushing couples there could barely be discerned more than the high lights - the indistinctness shaping them to satyrs clasping nymphs - a multiplicity of Pans whirling a multiplicity of Syrinxes; Lotis attempting to elude Priapus, and always failing.
她走到屋前往里一看，看见一群模糊的人影正按照跳舞的队形来回奔跑着，然而他们跳舞的脚步却没有声音，因为他们脚底下铺的是一层软垫——也就是说，铺了一层堆放土煤和其它产品的煤粉草渣，经过他们混乱脚步的搅动，就扬起一片烟云，笼罩了整个场地。由发着霉湿味的土煤和干草的粉末组成的烟云，同跳舞的人的汗液和体温掺和在一起，形成了一种植物和人类的混合粉末，装有弱音器的小提琴发出软弱无力的声音，同踩着它的节拍而跳出来的兴高采烈形成了鲜明对比。他们一边跳舞一边咳嗽，一边咳嗽又一边欢笑。一对对跳舞的人冲来撞去，也只能在光线最强的地方才看得出他们的影子——在一片模糊之中，他们变成了森林之神萨堤洛斯们①，怀中抱着仙女宁芙②们——一大群潘③和一大群给任克斯④尽情旋转着；罗提斯⑤想躲开普里阿波斯⑥，但总是躲不开。

At intervals a couple would approach the doorway for air, and the haze no longer veiling their features, the demigods resolved themselves into the homely personalities of her own next door neighbours. Could Trantridge in two or three short hours have metamorphosed itself thus madly!
跳舞间歇时，一对舞伴就会走到门口，呼吸几口新鲜空气，那时候烟尘从他们四周消散了，那些半人半仙的人物也就变成了她隔壁邻居中的普通人物了。谁能想到，有两三个小时，特兰里奇竟会变得这样的疯狂。

Some Sileni of the throng sat on benches and hay-trusses by the wall; and one of them recognized her.
有一群西伦尼⑦靠墙坐在板凳上，其中有一个认识她。

'The maids don't think it respectable to dance at "The Flower-de-Luce",' he explained. 'They don't like to let everybody see which be their fancy-men. Besides, the house sometimes shuts up just when their lints begin to get greased. So we come here and send out for liquor.'
“女孩子们觉得在花露斯这个地方来跳舞不雅观，”他解释说。“她们不愿意让大家都看见她们的男朋友是谁，另外，有时候正当她们跳得来了劲儿，屋子却要关门了。所以我们到这儿来了，派人去买酒喝。”

①萨堤洛斯（Satyrs），希腊罗马神话中的森林之神。在古希腊时代早期的艺术中，萨堤洛斯们被描绘成半人半羊形状，长着山羊耳朵，拖着山羊或马的尾巴，头发散乱，鼻子扁平上翘。在古典时期，他们形象中的动物特征开始消失。萨堤洛斯是酒神狄俄倪索斯的侍从，以好酒跳舞玩耍出名。 

②宁芙（Nymph），希腊神话中的仙女。海洋、河川、山泉、溪流、群山、森林等均有仙女，如海洋仙女、水泽仙女、草地仙女等。 

③潘（Pan），在古代希腊，潘被尊为牧人、猎人、养蜂人和渔夫的守护神。潘出生时，浑身毛发，头上长角，有山羊的蹄子和弯鼻子，有胡须和尾巴。潘常常徜徉于群山与森林之中，吹奏着自己发明的芦笛，和仙女们翩翩起舞。 

④绪任克斯（Syrinx），水泽仙女，为潘所爱，为逃避潘，便躲藏在河里，把自己变成一棵芦苇。潘便用这棵芦苇削制成一支芦笛，供自己吹奏。 

⑤罗提斯（Lotis），罗马神话中的仙女，她为了摆脱普里阿波斯的追求，将自己变成莲花。 

⑥普里阿波斯（Priapus），希腊神话中的果园、田野之神，后又成为淫乐之神，曾追求过仙女罗提斯。

⑦西伦尼（Sileni），酒神的养育者和老师，好喝酒，爱好音乐、唱歌，能够预言未来，任何人在他睡着时找到他，就可以把他绑起来，用松绑作为他预言未来的条件。