I saw only the helmsman imprisoned in his glass-windowed pilothouse.

我只看见领航人关在他那玻璃笼间里。

" Ay, ay, sir, " the helmsman responded, putting a couple of spokes down.

" 是，是，先生。" 舵手往下打了两把，回答。

It was a cabin measuring six feet square and closely resembling those occupied by the helmsmen of steamboats on the Mississippi or Hudson rivers.

那是一门每面有六英尺宽的小舱房，跟密西西比… 和哈得逊河汽船上领航人所占的笼问差不多一样。

I know how to handle it. We'll stick ourselves inside, undo the bolts, and rise to the surface, without the helmsman in the bow seeing a thing.

我知道这小艇是怎样操纵的。我们走进艇里面去，把螺钉松开，我们就浮上水面来，就是在船头的领航人也看不见我们逃走。