gifted pianist who goes-- I can't remember where she's heading.

我忘记她要去哪了
It's been now a long time since I read the novel.

我读这本书还是很久以前的事了
She's traveling, and she gets washed away in a flood,

她一路前行在向西边前进的途中
a freak flood of a river. This is out West.

被一次骇人的洪水卷进激流中
And, when she finally surfaces, she crawls up on the bank, and she

当她最后浮出水面爬上了岸
finds the body of a young priest who was on his way to be the priest

她发现了一具年轻牧师的尸体
at a mission on a reservation, on an Indian reservation,

这个年轻人本要去印第安保留区的
I think, in the Dakotas.

我记得是在达科他州
So, she cuts off her hair,

于是这位女钢琴师剪短了头发
and she puts on the priest's robes,

套上牧师的行装
and she pretends to be that priest.

假扮成那个牧师
And she becomes-- she cross-dresses and is the priest

她女扮男装一生都在那片