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In the wardroom of the Prince of Wales, Victor Henry could sense the subtle gloom hanging over the ship.
在威爾士親王號(hào)的軍官室里，維克多·亨利可以感覺(jué)出籠罩著全艦的那種陰郁的氣氛。
What the conference had accomplished to increase help for Eng-land remained undisclosed;
這次會(huì)議在增加對(duì)英國(guó)的援助方面罌得了一些什么樣的進(jìn)展，尚未公布出來(lái);
and in itself this clearly struck the battleship's officers as a bad sign.
而這事本身顯然使艦上的軍官們感覺(jué)到是個(gè)不好的兆頭。
These men, veterans of two combat year s, of air attacks and gun fights, had a subdued dismal air, despite the grandeur of their ship and the stuffy luxury of their wardroom.
這些人都是在空襲和炮戰(zhàn)中浴粵奮戰(zhàn)了兩年的老兵;盡管他們的軍艦是那么富麗堂皇，他們的軍官;又那么豪華氣派，他們的情緒卻很壓抑。
The predicament of England seemed soaked in their bones.
英國(guó)的困境似乎滲進(jìn)了他們的骨髓。
They could not Believe that Winston Churchill had risked the best ship in their strained navy, and his own life, only to return empty-handed.
他們無(wú)法相信，溫斯頓·丘吉爾為了這次會(huì)議把他們那已經(jīng)元?dú)獯髠暮＼娭凶詈玫囊凰臆娕?，連同他自己的生命都拿來(lái)冒險(xiǎn)，到頭來(lái)竟會(huì)空手而歸。
That wasn't Winnie's style.
這可不是溫尼的風(fēng)格。
But vague hope, rather than real confidence, was the note in their conversation
然而，他們談話(huà)的調(diào)子都很悲觀，只有渺茫的希望，而沒(méi)有真正的信心。
Major-General Tillet came up to Victor Henry after dinner that evening, and laid a lean hand on his shoulder.
這天晚飯過(guò)后，梯萊特少將走到維克多·亨利身邊，將一只瘦削的手按住他的肩頭。
Like to have a look at the submarine sightings chart, Henry?
想看看潛艇布局圖嗎，亨利?
The prime Minister thought you might.
首相認(rèn)為你有可能想看看。
Red secrecy warnings blazed on the steel door that Tillet opened.
梯萊特打開(kāi)的那扇鋼艙門(mén)上亮著紅色保密信號(hào)燈。
Dressed in a one-piece garment like a mechanic's coveralls, stooped and heavy-eyed, Churchill pondered a map of the Russian front all across one bulkhead.
丘吉爾身穿一件像機(jī)械師工作服式樣的連衣褲，弓著背，垂著眼皮，正在察看一幅占了一面艙壁的俄國(guó)前線(xiàn)地圖。
Opposite hung a chart of the Atlantic.
正對(duì)面的艙壁上掛著一幅大西洋海圖。
Young officers worked over dispatches at a table in the middle of the room, in air thick with tobacco smoke.
艙室里煙霧騰騰，幾位年輕軍官正在屋中央的一張桌子上處理電訊收發(fā)工作。
There, said the Prime Minister to Tillet and Pug Henry, gesturing at the map of the Soviet Union with his cigar. There is an awful unfolding picture.
那兒，首相用手中的雪茄指了指那幅蘇聯(lián)地圖，對(duì)梯萊特和帕格亨利說(shuō)，那兒是一幅正在展開(kāi)的可怕的畫(huà)卷。
