That was not long. I declined joining their breakfast, and, at the first gleam of dawn, took an opportunity of escaping into the free air, now clear, and still, and cold as impalpable ice.

我没有待多久。我谢绝与他们进早餐。等初放，我就抓紧机，逃外面自由里，它现在已是清爽、宁静而又寒冷得像块无形冰一样了。