After that, we kept under cover of the bulwarks, and when next I looked out they had disappeared from the spit, and the spit itself had almost melted out of sight in the growing distance.

• 我们立刻一起躲到了舷樯下。 等我再次向外张望时，岬角上已经没有了他们的踪影，就连岬角本身也随着距离的拉长而渐渐淡出了我们的视线。