佐伊·班尼斯特弓身坐在阳台的书桌前批改作业。雨鼓点般地落在她在卡夫特帕拉德花园住宅的屋檐上,她听着忧伤的挽歌,一边用红色铅笔敲着牙齿,一边看雨水汇成的溪流从窗玻璃蜿蜒而下。一阵短促怯懦的门铃声传来。她开了门,外面站着一个湿淋淋、浑身发抖的小女孩。 Zoe Bannister bowed to the desk at the balcony to make corrections. Raindrops fell on her eaves in the residence of the Kraft Parade Garden. She listened to a sad elegy while she tapped her teeth with a red pencil and watched the stream of rain fall from the window glass. A short burst of doorbells came. She opened the door and stood outside with a wet, shivering little girl.