But there was more work to do yet; for I perceived the savage whom I had knocked down was not killed, but stunned with the blow, and began to come to himself: so I pointed to him, and showed him the savage, that he was not dead; upon this he spoke some words to me, and though I could not understand them, yet I thought they were pleasant to hear; for they were the first sound of a man’s voice that I had heard, my own excepted, for above twenty-five years.
Je le montrai du doigt à mon Sauvage, en lui faisant remarquer qu'il n'était pas mort. Sur ce il me dit quelques mots, qui, bien que je ne les comprisse pas, me furent bien doux à entendre; car c'était le premier son de voix humaine, la mienne exceptée, que j'eusse ouï depuis vingt-cinq ans.