49.They flew to the US reluctantly,which means they went the

关于英语副词,好的再加100分
reluctantly为什么可以位于实意动词之前?例句：
The editor reluctantly published the article as it had originally been written.
We reluctantly agreed to go with her.
（不要怀疑句子的正确性,牛津词典上的）
顺便请翻译个句子
The caul was won,I recollect ,by an old lady with a hand-basket,who,very reluctantly,produced from it the stipulated five shillings,all in halfpence ,and twopence halfpenny short-as it took an immense time and a great waste of arithmetic,to endeavor without any effect to prove to her.
(caul是胎膜,我的问题主要是搞清楚该句的句子成分,特别是and twopence halfpenny short一句的意思及short的句子成分,还有就是类似于I recollect 的用法以及who,very reluctantly的用法）