For, now, the rope came in, tightened and strained to its utmost as it appeared, and the men turned heavily, and the windlass complained. It was scarcely endurable to look at the rope, and think of its giving way.
因为,现在,绳子进来了,收紧并拉紧到它出现的极限,男人们沉重地转身,起锚机抱怨。看着绳子,想到它松开,简直让人难受。