Then a sudden passion would seize him, and he would stamp upon the deck, crying out that she was a rickety old craft, and that her owners were swindlers to advertise her as the fast-sailing Argus.

• 接着，他往往突然大发脾气，在甲板上跺着脚，大声嚷嚷，骂这海船是条东倒西歪的老船，骂船主是个骗子，在广告上吹牛，说它是航行迅速的“百眼巨神”。