The sun was within so few degrees of setting that already the shadow of the pines upon the western shore began to reach right across the anchorage, and fall in patterns on the deck.

• 退潮刚刚开始，太阳只差几度就要落山，松树投在西边海岸上的阴影渐渐横过锚地，在甲板上留下了一个个花纹。