In less than an hour he left the rudder and furled his sails, whilst the sledge, carried forward by the great impetus the wind had given it, went on half a mile further with its sails unspread.
实际上还不到一点钟,这位老练的驾驶员已经放下舵把,赶忙收起白卷成一卷。这时雪橇仍在疾速前进,在没有张的情况下又走了半英里路,最后它停下来了。