雙語·當(dāng)呼吸化為空氣 序幕

序幕
PROLOGUE

韋伯斯特被死神緊緊抓住，
Webster was much possessed by death

他看見頭皮下的頭蓋骨；
And saw the skull beneath the skin;

地底下的無胸生物
And breastless creatures under ground

沒有嘴唇，齜牙一笑，向后退去。
Leaned backward with a lipless grin.

——T.S.艾略特《不朽的私語》
—T.S. Eliot, “Whispers of Immortality”