胡安娜

胡安娜偷头地瞧了他一眼，看到他在微笑。

Juana , glancing secretly at him , saw him smile .

胡安娜看出他心情兴奋，故意假装眼看别处。

Juana sensed his excitement , and she pretended to look away .

而与此同时，胡安娜的父亲与丈夫私底下共谋篡夺她的皇位。

Concurrently , her father and husband covertly conspired to usurp her throne .

胡安娜低声哼着一支古老的歌曲。这支曲子只有三个音符，但音程却变化无穷。

Juana sang an ancient song that had only three notes and yet endless variety of interval .

胡安娜走到灶坑旁，拨出一块煤，一边把火扇着，一边折断几根树枝堆在上面。

Juana went to the fire pit and uncovered a coal and fanned it alive while she broke little pieces of brush over it .

是在金黄色的迟暮时分，第一批男孩在城里发了疯似的跑着，散布消息，说奇诺和胡安娜回来了。是谁散布这消息的？

It was late in the golden afternoon when the first little boys ran hysterically in the town and spread the word that Kino and Juana were coming back Who put the news about ?

因胡安娜的哥哥，姐姐及姐姐之子皆先于伊莎贝拉女王死掉，胡安娜便成为西班牙卡斯蒂利亚王国唯一之王位继承人。

Antecedent to the queen 's death , Juana 's older brother , older sister , and older sister 's son had all become deceased leaving Juana the heir to the throne of Castile .