读书 短一则：尼尔·盖曼《尾声》（附原文）(2)

Then the Lord opened the gates and gave Mankind the garden,and the Serpent raised up,and it walked away proudly on four strong legs;and where it went none but the Lord can say.
And after that there was nothing but slience in the Garden,save for the occasional[2] of the man taking away its name from another animal.
——Neil Gaiman
[i] Goes-without-sayingly used in place of 'except' in olde' English.
不用说也知道，在古英语里某些地方用“save”代替“except”。
(所以这里“save for”=“except for”，
下同)
[1] garment （n.）外衣
[2] occasional （adj.）偶尔的