The evening closed in and dusk increased as they made way down Southampton Water and through the Solent. Elfride's disturbance of mind was such that her light spirits of the foregoing four and twenty hours had entirely deserted her.

傍晚时分，黄昏随着他们沿着南安普敦水域和索伦特河前进而增加。埃尔弗里德的精神紊乱是如此之大，以至于她前面四小时和二十个小时的轻松精神完全抛弃了她。