These orders were executed, and the frigate swiftly retreated from this core of light.

以上命令执行了，战舰很快离开了发光的中心。

We were not 100 feet from the blazing core of light, whose glow grew stronger and dazzled the eyes.

人们距白热的焦点不到一百英尺了，光度更强起来，照得我们的眼睛发昏。

Near two o'clock in the morning, the core of light reappeared, no less intense, five miles to windward of the Abraham Lincoln.

到早晨两点左右，这发光的焦点，在跟林肯号前面相距五海里远的海面，又发出同样强烈的光。