The luminary was a golden-haired, beaming, mild-eyed, God-like creature, gazing down in the vigour and intentness of youth upon an earth that was brimming with interest for him.(這個發光的物體就是一個生靈，長著金色的頭發，目光柔和，神采飛揚，好像上帝一樣，身上充滿了青春的活力，正目不轉睛地注視著大地，仿佛大地上滿是他感到有趣的事物。)

Rubin, the daughter of a window cleaner and housewife from New Jersey, already had experience in writing about an Italian luminary from centuries past.(魯賓，一個新澤西的擦窗工人兼家庭主婦的女兒，在寫作方面已小有經驗，她曾寫過一本關于幾個世紀前的一位意大利大師的書。)