These lions are fine statuary, and despite weathering caused by exposure to the European climate the sculptor's verve is still evident. As I look upon their worn and pitted surfaces I often wonder what the sculptor must have felt as he wielded the mallet in some gloomy atelier, his youth slowly turning to old age as his life and work blended into a single whole, free of all regret.
這些石獅的作工，都是精細的極品，雖然它已在歐風歐雨下浸蝕了表面的光華，但仍能看到雕造它的心情，我從那風蝕的表面常常聯想到雕造者在那裡一鎚一鎚雕造的情形，也許在一個半明不暗的棚，從他的青年到他的暮年。無悔的一生。