He had no sooner given his father these raisins but I saw him come out of the boat, and run away as if he had been bewitched, for he was the swiftest fellow on his feet that ever I saw: I say, he ran at such a rate that he was out of sight, as it were, in an instant; and though I called, and hallooed out too after him, it was all one—away he went; and in a quarter of an hour I saw him come back again, though not so fast as he went; and as he came nearer I found his pace slacker, because he had something in his hand.
Il courait avec une telle vélocité,--car c'était le garçon le plus agile de ses pieds que j'aie jamais vu;--il courait avec une telle vélocité, dis-je, qu'en quelque sorte je le perdis de vue en un instant. J'eus beau l'appeler et crier après lui, ce fut inutile; il fila son chemin, et, un quart d'heure après, je le vis revenir, mais avec moins de vitesse qu'il ne s'en était allé.