In the meantime up we went; the night passed away in continual ascent; the din and uproar around us became more and more intensified; I was stifled and stunned; I thought my last hour was approaching; and yet imagination is such a strong thing that even in this supreme hour I was occupied with strange and almost childish speculations.
Cependant nous montions toujours; la nuit se passa dans ce mouvement ascensionnel; les fracas environnants redoublaient; j'étais presque suffoqué, je croyais toucher à ma dernière heure, et, pourtant, l'imagination est si bizarre, que je me livrai à une recherche véritablement enfantine.