She missed her ragged little confidante, into whose deaf ears she had been wont to pour her many miseries and her occasional joys-Geeka, of the splinter limbs and the ratskin torso-Geeka the disreputable-Geeka the beloved.

她想念她衣衫褴褛的小红颜知己，她习惯于向她充耳不闻的耳朵倾诉她的许多苦难和偶尔的快乐——吉卡，关于破碎的四肢和鼠皮躯干——声名狼藉的吉卡——被爱的吉卡。

Geeka had undergone a transformation since her little mother had left the village of The Sheik. Her garmenture now reflected in miniature that of Meriem. A tiny bit of leopard skin covered her ratskin torso from shoulder to splinter knee.

自从她的小母亲离开酋长村后，吉卡发生了翻天覆地的变化。她的服装现在反映在 Meriem 的缩影上。一小块豹皮覆盖了她的鼠皮躯干，从肩膀到膝盖都裂开了。