The man at the helm was watching the luff of the sail and whistling away gently to himself, and that was the only sound excepting the swish of the sea against the bows and around the sides of the ship.

掌舵的人注视着帆的迎风缘，轻轻吹着口哨；除了海水拍过船首、擦过船舷的沙沙声，四周便只有这点声音。