And it was so; for five days in succession, I was obliged to undergo this anti-vertiginous exercise; and whether I would or not, I made some improvement in the art of "lofty contemplations."
Et en effet, pendant cinq jours, je repris cet exercice vertigineux, et, bon gré mal gré, je fis des progrès sensibles dans l'art «des hautes contemplations».