She imagined herself a belated traveler, a poor girl, an outcast, quenching her thirst at the wayside brook, her little packet of cresses doing duty for a bundle of clothes.

• 她想象自己是一个日暮无归处的旅人，一个穷姑娘，一个流浪汉在路旁小溪内喝水解渴，那一小包水田芹就权充衣包。