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.
因为当他们走过沙滩时，发现四下一片寂静，空空荡荡，似乎是个没人住的岛屿，可是在他们面前却是平坦的草地，上面的草又短又柔滑，恰如英国名门大户有十个园丁侍弄的园地一样。