" Blast it! " —but slipping backward on the deck, his uplifted eyes caught the flames; and immediately shifting his tone he cried—" The corpusants have mercy on us all! "

“该死！”——他在甲板上往后一滑，抬头正好看见了桅顶上的火焰，立时换了一副声调叫道——“电光可怜可怜我们大家吧！”