All hope of help had gone; no one knew they were there, no one could come down to them. And hunger would finish them off if the inundation spared them.
Toute espérance de secours s'en était allée, personne ne les savait la, personne n'avait le pouvoir d'y descendre, et la faim les acheverait, si l'inondation leur faisait grâce.