Immediately they fell to work with him; and though they had no knife, yet, with a sharpened piece of wood, they took off his skin as readily, and much more readily, than we could have done with a knife.
Aussitôt ils se mirent à l'ouvrage et l'écorchèrent avec un morceau de bois affilé, aussi promptement, même plus promptement que nous ne pourrions le faire avec un couteau.