He had not been long gone, when she heard a light tread near the door, and knew that some one stood beside her.

他刚走没多久，她就听到门口有轻微的脚步声，知道有人站在她身边。

The dampness was such that innumerable earthworms lay in couples across the path till, startled even by her light tread, they withdrew suddenly into their holes.

潮湿到​​让无数蚯蚓成对地躺在小路上， 甚至被她轻轻的脚步吓了一跳， 它们突然缩回了它们的洞里。

So engrossed had they been in their gossip that they had not heard her light tread and now, confronted by their hostess, they looked like whispering schoolgirls caught by a teacher.

她们刚才专心致志地在那里叽咕议论，没有听见媚兰轻盈的脚步，现在看见女主人站在面前，她们就像小学生咬耳朵，被老师当场抓住了一样。

And with it, it seemed that the air was still full of the notes of a young voice, and the sound of a light young tread, and the warmth and freshness of a young girlish body.

而伴随着它，空气中似乎还充满了稚嫩的声音，还有轻盈的脚步声，还有少女身体的温暖和清新。