The sailor grinned and passed him a fragment of sea biscuit. He clutched it avariciously, looked at it as a miser looks at gold, and thrust it into his shirt bosom.

那个水手笑了笑，递给他一块硬面包，他贪婪地把它拿住，像守财奴瞅着金子般地瞅着它，然后把它塞到衬衫里面。