He heard a brushing among the bushes behind, and turning his head he saw Elfride following him. The fair girl looked in his face with a wistful smile of hope, too forcedly hopeful to displace the firmly established dread beneath it.

他听到身后灌木丛中有刷刷声，他转过头看到埃尔弗里德跟在他后面。美丽的女孩看着他的脸，脸上挂着渴望的希望微笑，这种希望太强烈了，无法取代它下面根深蒂固的恐惧。