Der Boden, rötlich wie zerblätterter Tabak, dämpfte die Tritte. Abgefallene Tannenzapfen rollten über den Weg, von den Hufen berührt.
The earth, ruddy like the powder of tobacco, deadened the noise of their steps, and with the edge of their shoes the horses as they walked kicked the fallen fir cones in front of them.