Across it was a narrow foot - bridge ; but now the autumn flood had washed the handrail away , leaving the bare plank only , which , lying a few inches above the speeding current , formed a giddy pathway for even steady heads ; and tess had noticed from the window of the house in the daytime young men walking across upon it as a feat in balancing 河上只有一座很窄的便桥但是现在河水已经把桥上的栏杆冲走了，只留下光秃秃的桥板，桥面离湍急的河水只有几英寸，即使头脑清醒的人走在这座桥上，也不免。要感到头昏眼花苔丝在白天曾经从窗户里看见，有一个年轻人从桥上走过去，就好像在表演走钢丝的技巧。
