For when they had crossed the sandy beach they found all silent and empty as if it were an uninhabited land, but before them there were level lawns in which the grass was as smooth and short as it used to be in the grounds of a great English house where ten gardeners were kept.
因為當他們走過沙灘時，發現四下一片寂靜，空空蕩蕩，似乎是個沒人住的島嶼，可是在他們面前卻是平坦的草地，上面的草又短又柔滑，恰如英國名門大戶有十個園丁侍弄的園地一樣。