Meanwhile alarming dropsical symptoms had developed , and it was in a dying condition that francis set out for assisi .

同时令人担忧的臌症状已经发展起来的，它在一个垂死的状态，弗朗西斯为阿西西出来了。

It was an inconsistent and ubiquitous fiend too , for , while it was making the whole night behind him dreadful , he darted out into the roadway to avoid dark alleys , fearful of its coming hopping out of them like a dropsical boy 's kite without tail and wings .

那玩艺儿还是个缥缈不定、无所不在的幽灵，弄得它背后的整个黑夜都很恐怖。为了回避黑暗的胡同，他窜上了大路，害怕那东西会像得了水肿病的、没有尾巴没有翅膀的风筝似的从胡同里蹦出来。