父亲盯着树木，没有任何迹象表明他听到了他可怜的害怕妻子或任何这个消息。父亲会更快地看着我们所有人一个人灭亡，而不是听别人以外的任何人。
(Father stared at the trees, giving no indication he'd heard his poor frightened wife, or any of this news. Father would sooner watch us all perish one by one than listen to anybody but himself.)