I s ` pose I should n't have let him go so meek but I was timid and frightened of father .<br>Besides , I did n't know men were so skurse . ''<br>When the girls were safely away , Diana driving and Anne holding the coveted platter carefully on her lap , the green , rain-freshened solitudes of the Tory Road were enlivened by ripples of girlish laughter .
Tory Road was enlivened by laughter before the girls were safely away.
Actually, it was when the girls were safely away that Tory Road was enlivened by ripples of girlish laughter - not before. The model missed this order of events.
( z1 enliven :ARG0 ( z2 laugh ) :ARG1 ( z3 road :name ( z4 name :op "Tory" :op "Road" ) ) :time ( z5 before :op ( z6 girl :location ( z7 away :ARG0-of ( z8 safe ) ) ) ) )