"One more will make but little difference, poor beast!" exclaimed Pencroft, heaving out two bags of sand, and as he spoke letting go the cable; the balloon ascending in an oblique direction, disappeared, after having dashed the car against two chimneys, which it threw down as it swept by them.
Puis, il largua le double du câble, et le ballon, partant par une direction oblique, disparut, après avoir heurté sa nacelle contre deux cheminées qu'il abattit dans la furie de son départ.