普通高中课程标准实验教科书 英语必修1 Unit 4 Reading Task

　　Amazing as it may seem, Wednesday night was a quiet night. There were no crowds. The policemen said nothing; even their horses were quiet. There were no shouts or people doing crazy things. In all those terrible hours I saw not one woman who cried, not one man who was excited. Before the fires, through the night, thousands and thousands of people who had lost their homes left for safety. Some were covered in blankets . Sometimes whole families put everything they owned and could save into wagons . They helped one another climb the high hills around the city. Never in all San Francisco's history were her people so kind as on that terrible night.