Won from the Waves — Page 5

不过，我承认，这个夜晚可能比我预想的要更加狂风恶雨。

It is likely, however, to be a dirtier night than I had thought for--I will own that.

他对最小的儿子说：「雅各，你回去陪你母亲吧，她需要人帮忙料理家务，我们明早回来之前，你也可以照看猪和家禽。」

Jacob," he said to his youngest boy, "do you go back and stay with your mother, she wants some help in the house, and you can look after the pigs and poultry before we are back in the morning."

雅各是个十岁至十二岁的好小子，看起来却比实际年龄显老。

Jacob, a fine lad of ten or twelve years, though he looked older,

他似乎有些失望，因为他原本期望能跟父亲和兄弟们一起出海。

seemed somewhat disappointed, as he had expected to have gone to sea with his father and brothers.

然而他没有试图争辩，立刻转身往茅舍走回去。

Without attempting, however, to expostulate, he immediately turned back towards the cottage,

其余的人则向「南希号」走去——那是一艘停泊在码头附近的漂亮双桅纵帆船。

while the rest of the party proceeded to the Nancy, a fine yawl which lay at anchor close to the pier.

船很快被拖靠到岸边，几个人跳进了船里。

She was quickly hauled alongside, when some of the men jumped into her.

在跟着他们上船之前，亚当·哈利伯特又朝海面望了一眼。

Before following them, Adam Halliburt took another glance seaward.

风裹挟着雨水和浪花，比先前更猛烈地扑打在他的脸上。

The wind drove the rain and spray with greater force than before against his face.

他说：「小伙子们，我们再等一会儿吧，不用太着急，过几分钟我们就能看清楚天气会变成什么样了。」

"We will wait a bit, lads," he said. "There is no great hurry, and in a few minutes we shall make out what the weather is going to be."

他的儿子们和几个船员留在船上，因为他们知道，除非天气迅速急剧恶化，否则他不太可能放弃出海的打算。

His own sons and some of the men remained in the boat, knowing that he was not likely to give up his intention unless the weather speedily became much worse.

其他人跟着他回到码头尽头，浪花不断地冲打过来，说明自他们离开后，海浪已经涌得更高了。

Others followed him back to the pier-head, over which the spray beat in frequent showers, showing that the sea had got up considerably, even since they had left it.