As nearly as Gilbert could ascertain, several timbers, thrown over each other, had lodged, probably upon a rocky islet in the stream, the uppermost one projecting slantingly out of the flood.

正如吉尔伯特想到的，几根木材摞在一起，堆在水中一处小岛上，最上面那根倾斜着伸出水面。

She made a last effort to order her brain into its usual sane clearness, failed, and saw the coarse white table-cloth rising swiftly and slantingly to meet her head.

想让自己的大脑恢复到平常的清醒状态， 但没有成功， 只见粗糙的白色桌布迅速倾斜地升起， 正好碰到她的头。