April had been the best month of all for Milo. Lilacs bloomed in April and fruit ripened on the vine. Heartbeats quickened and old appetites were renewed. In April a livelier iris gleamed upon the burnished dove.
最後一句中的iris問了幾位美國人，答案有3種:
1.人的眼睛。
2。鴿子的眼睛。
3。一種花。
此書中文版把iris翻成彩虹。
