The ship might have been moored in dock, so gently and on an even keel she slipped through the water, that did not murmur even at our passage, shadowy and silent like a phantom sea.

• 船在水面上十分平稳地滑行着，简直跟停泊在码头上一模一样。船行进时，周围一点水声也没有。四周一片黑沉沉的，静得象在鬼海上一样。