As Rudolf was sailing from one town to the next along a sparsely settled shore, the northeast turned black and menacing. A storm was bearing down upon Iceland.

• 是“东北方”，我把它翻译成了“东北方的天空”，为了使逻辑更严谨一些：“那时鲁道夫正驾船从一个城镇驶往下一个城镇，而沿岸又很少有能够靠岸的地方，东北方的天空险恶地阴沉了下来。”