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.
当他们冲出黑暗时，大家就都有这份体会。船身的鲜艳明亮使他们大为惊讶，他们原来还以为黑暗会缠住不放，在雪白、碧绿、金黄的船身上留下污垢和残渣呢。