原文
The flat was accordingly pushed off, scraping roughly over an old
embedded stake in the process. Diana and Jane and Ruby only waited long
enough to see it caught in the current and headed for the bridge before
scampering up through the woods, across the road, and down to the lower
headland where, as Lancelot and Guinevere and the King, they were to be
in readiness to receive the lily maid.
語彙など
- flat:平底船
- accordingly:〜というわけで
- scrape:こする
- embedded:埋め込まれた
- stake:杭
- in the process:その過程で
- current:流れ
- head for:〜に向かう
- scamper through:〜(の中)を走り抜ける
- headland:出鼻,岬
- in readiness to:〜する準備が整って
- lily:優美な
- maid:お手伝い,女中,少女