During the whole of a dull, dark, and soundless day in the autumn of the year, when the clouds hung oppressively low in the heavens, I had been passing alone, on horseback, through a singularly dreary tract of country ; and at length found myself, as the shades of the evening drew on, within view of the melancholy House of Usher.
“那年秋天，有个阴郁、晦暗、岑寂的日子，暝云低压压的笼罩着大地”，“乡间一片无比萧索的荒野，暮色渐渐降临，满目苍凉的厄舍府出现在遥远的视野”
