Many a weary stroke it had cost, you may be sure; and had I gotten it into the water, I make no question, but I should have begun the maddest voyage, and the most unlikely to be performed, that ever was undertaken.
Il ne me restait plus qu'à la lancer à la mer; et, si j'y fusse parvenu, je ne fais pas de doute que je n'eusse commencé le voyage le plus insensé et le plus aventureux qui fût jamais entrepris.