The nine men and nine women of the group sat quietly on tatamis on the red carpeting, an unassailable dignity showing through their weathered, tattooed faces.
九男九女黝黑的臉上都飽刻風霜，安安靜靜地坐在鋪了紅毯的樓梯間，不覺流露出一股不容侵犯的莊嚴氣質，向他們比手畫腳問聲好，引來一陣輕微的騷動，那臉上的神情竟然只有借用沈從文形容他湘西老鄉的詞兒「嫵媚」才貼切。