I covered my head and arms with the skirt of my frock, and went out to walk in a part of the plantation which was quite sequestrated; but I found no pleasure in the silent trees, the falling fir-cones, the congealed relics of autumn, russet leaves, swept by past winds in heaps, and now stiffened together. I leaned against a gate, and looked into an empty field where no sheep were feeding, where the short grass was nipped and blanched.
Me cubrí la cabeza y los brazos con la falda de mi vestido y salí á pasear por un rincón apartado del jardín. Pero no encontré placer alguno en aquel lugar, con sus árboles silenciosos, sus piñas caídas y las hojas secas que, arrancadas por el viento en el otoño, permanecían todavía pegadas al suelo húmedo.