She wondered at the bull of glass, containing various coloured sands from the Isle of Wight, or some other place, which hung suspended from the middle of the little valance over the window.

• 那挂在小窗帘中间的一个玻璃球，里面放着从怀特岛或是旁的地方带来的各种颜色的沙土也使她觉得新奇有趣。