He got the hitcher instead, and reached over, and drew in the end of the tow-line; and they made a loop in it, and put it over their mast, and then they tidied up the sculls, and went and sat down in the stern, and lit their pipes.
Il s’empara de la gaffe et ramena le bout de la corde, qu’il noua autour du mât, tandis que ses copains rentraient les avirons et allaient s’asseoir en poupe, ou ils allumerent leurs pipes.