Pencroft and Gideon Spilett were at once on their feet, and the pigs by this movement began to run away, at the moment when the sailor was getting ready the rope to bind them.
Pencroff et Gédéon Spilett se redressèrent, et les porcs profitèrent de ce mouvement pour s'enfuir, au moment où le marin préparait des cordes pour les lier.