His first feeling was that of a man condemnedto death who is told that his sentence is commuted; he had an immediatesense of relief at the thought of his early departure and of thepeaceful life on board, cradled by the rolling waves, always wandering,always moving.
Sa première émotion fut celle du condamné à mort à qui on annonce sapeine commuée; et il sentit immédiatement sa souffrance adoucie un peupar la pensée de ce départ et de cette vie calme, toujours bercée parl'eau qui roule, toujours errante, toujours fuyante.