The latter object, being more successfully depicted by the artist, stood out in far greater prominence than the sacred volume.

后一个对象，被艺术家更成功地描绘，比神圣的书更突出。

In the rooms, if the Book was dropped, the floor raised it mechanically, but the gangway to the air-ship was not so prepared, and the sacred volume lay motionless.

在房间里，如果大书掉下来，地板就会自动地把它托起，但是飞艇的走道并没有这样的装备，于是这卷圣书便一动不动地摆在那里。