Vessel after vessel would rise form the vomitories of Rye or of Christchurch, I use the antique names, would sail into the crowded sky, and would draw up at the wharves of the south – empty.

飞艇一架接一架地从日耶或克里斯特齐尔支（我用的是古名）的山口处升起，飞入熙熙攘攘的天空，然后会停在南方的那些港口——空空的。