Well , here he was , the great man on board , in the midmost centre of it , sitting at the captain s right hand , and yet vainly harking back to forecastle and stoke - hole in quest of the paradise he had lost 好了，现在他也到了这儿，成了船上的大人物，在它核心的核心里生活，坐在船长的右手，可他回到水手舱和锅炉间去寻找他失去的天堂时，却一无所获。
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But now he had seen that world , possible and real , with a flower of a woman called ruth in the midmost centre of it ; and thenceforth he must know bitter tastes , and longings sharp as pain , and hopelessness that tantalized because it fed on hope 叶是现在他却看到了那个世界，可能而且现实，它的核心是一个花朵般的女人叫露丝从此以后他就得品尝种种苦味，品尝像痛苦一样尖锐的相思，品尝绝望的滋味，那绝望靠希望哺育，可望而不可即。
