CHAPTER TWO JILL IS GIVEN A TASK（第4/4页）

Suddenly the land opened right ahead of her. She was coming to the mouth of a river. She was very low now，only a few feet above the water. A wave-top came against her toe and a great splash of foam spurted up，drenching her nearly to the waist. Now she was losing speed. Instead of being carried up the river she was gliding in to the river bank on her left. There were so many things to notice that she could hardly take them all in；a smooth，green lawn，a ship so brightly coloured that it looked like an enormous piece of jewellery，towers and battlements，banners fluttering in the air，a crowd，gay clothes，armour，gold，swords，a sound of music. But this was all jumbled. The first thing that she knew clearly was that she had alighted and was standing under a thicket of trees close by the river side，and there，only a few feet away from her，was Scrubb.

The first thing she thought was how very grubby and untidy and generally unimpressive he looked. And the second was“How wet I am ！”