for though I was a good enough sailor when there was way or this standing still and being rolled about like a bottle was thing I never learned to stand without a qualm or so, above all in the morning, on an empty stomach.
尽管我一路上表现得还像个不错的水手,但要想在这像瓶子一样晃动的船上站稳脚而不头晕,我还没那本事,更何况一大早肚子里空空的。