Just ahead, at the edge of the stream, Denver could see her silhouette, standing barefoot in the water, liking her black skirts up above her calves, the beautiful head lowered in rapt attention. Blinking fresh tears Denver approached her — eager for a word, a sign of forgiveness. Denver took off her shoes and stepped into the water with her. It took a moment for her to drag her eyes from the spectacle of Beloved's head to see what she was staring at.

就在前面溪水邊緣，Denver可以看見她的輪廓，赤足站在水中，就像她的黑襯衫懸于小腿肚子上面，螓首入迷地低頭看著什么。Denver閃爍著熱淚靠近她，希望能夠得到寬恕她的支言片語。Denver脫下鞋子同她一起走進(jìn)水中。過了一會(huì)兒，她才把視線從Beloved螓首上移開，然后看看她是在注視著什么。