So we got up and went down to our boat — Ellen thoughtful and abstracted; the old man very kind and courteous, as if to make up for his crabbedness of opinion.

于是我们起身回到我们的船上——艾伦沉思而心不在焉；老人非常和蔼有礼，似乎是为了弥补他的脾气暴躁。