Then quite suddenly rain-clouds condensed over the whole globe. Within three days not a break was anywhere to be found. The earth was as completely cloud-shrouded as normally as the planet Venus.

• 后来，雨云一下子凝聚在大地的上空。三天见不到一线亮光。整个地球就像金星平时那样完全被云雾掩盖着。