"The lady lived across the valley there beyond that hill. I was a young man then, for it was many years ago. I used to ride over to see her; it was a long way, but I rode fast, for young men, as no doubt the Signora knows, are impatient. But the lady was not kind, she would keep me waiting, oh, for hours; and one day when I had waited very long I grew very angry, and as I walked up and down in the garden where she had told me she would see me, I broke one of her roses, broke a branch from it ; and when I saw what I had done, I hid it inside my coat — so —; and when I came home I planted it, and the Signora sees how it has grown. If the Signora admires it, I must give her a cutting to plant also in her garden; I am told the English have beautiful gardens that are green, and not burnt with the sun like ours."
參考譯文：
那位小姐住在山后峽谷的對(duì)面.那是好多年以前了,當(dāng)時(shí)我還年輕,常常騎馬去看她.路雖然很長(zhǎng),但是我騎得很快.夫人一定知道,年輕人都沒有耐心.而且,那位小姐非常不友好,總是讓我等,一等就是好幾個(gè)小時(shí). 有一天,等了很久她也沒來,我非常生氣,在我們約定見面的花園里走來走去.一氣之下便折了她的一棵玫瑰,只是從上面折了一根枝條下來.當(dāng)我意識(shí)到自己做的事情之后,立馬把它藏在了外套里.在回家之后,我便把它栽了起來.夫人都已看到了,它長(zhǎng)成了現(xiàn)在這個(gè)樣子.如果夫人喜歡,我一定送你一枝栽在花園里.我聽說英國的花園非常漂亮,總是綠幽幽的,不像我們這里的園子,都快被太陽烤焦了。