NEMESIS

摘要

.....from the direction of the engine a distant rumble, like rising thunder, grew in volume and identified itself as the sound of couplings responding to the pull of the locomotive, transmitted down the length of the goods train like a line of recruits responding to the roll call As the train started moving, flood lights in the railway yard covered the men standing along the track in a play of light and shade, revealing their oil-smeared uniforms and their perspiring, exhausted bodies...