I was ready to burst with holding my breath, when, as I felt myself rising up, so, to my immediate relief, I found my head and hands shoot out above the surface of the water; and though it was not two seconds of time that I could keep myself so, yet it relieved me greatly, gave me breath, and new courage.
Mais j'étais près d'étouffer, faute de respiration, quand je me sentis remonter, et quand, à mon grand soulagement, ma tête et mes mains percèrent au-dessus de l'eau. Il me fut impossible de me maintenir ainsi plus de deux secondes, cependant cela me fit un bien extrême, en me redonnant de l'air et du courage.