The brightness of the ship herself astonished them: they had half expected to find that the darkness would cling to the white and the green and the gold in the form of some grime or scum. And then first one, and then another, began laughing.
當他們沖出黑暗時，大家就都有這份體會。船身的鮮艷明亮使他們大為驚訝，他們原來還以為黑暗會纏住不放，在雪白、碧綠、金黃的船身上留下汙垢和殘渣呢。