Next morning the weather was fair but a flat calm. The dark mass lay ahead, much nearer and larger, but still very dim, so that some thought it was still a long way off and others thought they were running into a mist.
第二天早晨，天气很好，只是海面上风平浪静。那座黑乎乎的庞然大物就横亘在他们前面，虽然近得多，大得多，不过还是非常模糊，有些人看了还以为它还离得老远呢，另一些人则以为他们闯进一团迷雾中了。