On an early autumn evening in September, when the large bronze tripod in front of the National Palace Museum cast a long, oblique shadow to the east and the last visitor had departed, the inventory personnel from the security department began their room-by-room inspection.
一個九月初秋的傍晚，當故宮博物院樓前大鼎的影子拉得又長又斜，最後一位訪客也離去，安全管理室的清點員開始一一巡察各展覽室。