When the boatman had taken his departure, he remained standing stupidly on the strand, staring straight before him and perceiving objects only through magnifying oscillations which rendered everything a sort of phantasmagoria to him.
Quand le batelier se fut éloigné, il resta stupidement debout sur la grève, regardant devant lui et ne percevant plus les objets qu’à travers des oscillations grossissantes qui lui faisaient de tout une sorte de fantasmagorie.