All that he knew was that before him, through the hole they had ascended, he had seen the flood reappear, black and moving, the beast whose back was ceaselessly swelling out to reach them.
Ce qu'il savait, c'était que devant lui, par le trou de la cheminée, il avait vu reparaître le flot noir et mouvant, la bete dont le dos s'enflait sans cesse pour les atteindre.