He shouted and shook the cord furiously; and it was, indeed, time, for he perceived that the uppertubbing, a hundred metres higher, was in its turn beginning to move. The joints were opening, losing their oakum caulking, and streams were rushing through.
Il cria, il agita le signal d'une main furieuse; et il était grand temps d'ailleurs, car il s'aperçut, cent metres plus haut, que le cuvelage supérieur se mettait a son tour en mouvement: les joints s'ouvraient, perdaient leur brandissage d'étoupe, lâchaient des ruisseaux.