The white vapour lay, as it often does, in lean and palpable layers; and even the head of the tree was above it in the half-daylight, like a green ship swinging on a sea of foam.

白雾如往常一样，铺成薄薄而清晰可见的层次；树冠已在朦胧晨光中露出雾面，像一艘在泡沫海上摇荡的绿色船只。