The green blinds were drawn in the bungalows of the summer colony. Over the verandas, prone on the paddock, flung over the fences, there were exhausted-looking bathing-dresses and rough striped towels.

绿色百叶窗是在夏季殖民地的平房里画的。在围场上俯卧的阳台上，篱笆上，有看起来疲惫不堪的泳衣和粗糙的条纹毛巾。