I declined joining their breakfast, and, at the first gleam of dawn, took an opportunity of escaping into the free air, now clear,still,cold as impalpable ice.

• 我拒绝了和他们共进早餐，天一亮我抓住机会就跑到外面去了，晴朗，无风，而寒冷就像不可触及的冰。