将军 Jiāngjūn 起初 qǐchū 愣愣地 de 对 duì 侯恩瞅 chǒu 了 le 半晌 bàn shǎng .

The General had looked at Hearn blankly.

起初 qǐchū 天气 tiānqì 很 hěn 好 hǎo ,后来 hòulái 才 cái 开始 kāishǐ 下 xià 雨 yǔ .

It was fine to begin with and then It'started to rain.

鲜血 xiān xuè 起初 qǐchū 在 zài 石子上 shǎng 染上 rǎn shàng 一层 yī céng 红 Hóng 彩 cǎi , 后来 hòulái 渐渐 jiàn jiàn 淡 dàn 褪 tuì , 成 Chéng 了 le 一片浅红.

The blood gives a sheet to the cobblestone at first, fades, becomes pink.

起初 qǐchū 我 wǒ 摸 mō 不 bù 清 Qīng 他 tā 的 de 底 de ,因此 yīncǐ 对 duì 他 tā 一直 yīzhí 存有 cún yǒu 戒心 jiè xīn , 而 ér 我 wǒ 现在 xiànzài 可以 kěyǐ 放心 fàngxīn 一些 yī xiē 了 le .

I didn't know what I had expected of him , and I had taken no chances with him, but now I found that I could relax a little.