The vague fear had all gone from her eyes by this time, and suddenly she smiled--a merry, girlish, wholly irresistible smile, which broke through the calm of her face like a gleam of sunlight rippling over a placid sea.

此时，她眼中朦胧的恐惧已完全消失；忽然，她笑了——那是少女欢快而令人无法抗拒的笑容，打破了她脸上的平静，宛如一缕阳光在宁静的海面上荡漾。