She made the sombre crowd cheerful by her erratic and glistening ray, even as a bird of bright plumage illuminates a whole tree of dusky foliage by darting to and fro, half seen and half concealed amid the twilight of the clustering leaves.

• 她以自己的闪烁不定的光辉，使忧郁的人群欢快起来，就像是一只长着光彩夺目的羽毛的鸟儿跳来跳去，在幽暗的叶簇中时隐时现，把一棵树的枝叶叶全都照亮了。