As he moved, he heard heavy breathing, suddenly stilled, above him in the vertical crack of the rock, and sensed a faint shadow there outlined against the stars.

当他移动时， 他听到沉重的呼吸声突然停止了，在他头顶垂直的岩石裂缝中， 他感觉到一个微弱的阴影在那里勾勒出星星的轮廓。

He squeezed around a corner in the rocks, found himself in a narrow vertical crack, began inching upward—his back against one side, his feet against the other—slowly, as silently as he could.

他挤过岩石的一个角落， 发现自己在一条狭窄的垂直裂缝中，开始一点点向上移动——他的背靠在一边， 他的脚靠在另一边——慢慢地， 尽可能安静。