Gazing out at the bleak expanse of tents extending for miles over a trodden welter of slush and snow, Anthony saw the impracticability of trudging to a telephone that night.

安凝视着在泥泞和积雪泥泞中延伸数英里凄凉帐篷， 看到那天晚跋涉到电话是不切实际。

Upon this refusal Anthony had started to the telegraph office intending to wire Gloria to come South—he reached the door and receded despairingly, seeing the utter impracticability of such a move.

在遭到拒绝后，安始前往电报局，打算给格洛丽亚打电报到南方——他走到门口，绝望地退了下去，因为他看到这样举动是完全不切实际。