And, besides, I was getting used to this idea; for the tunnel, now running straight, now winding as capriciously in its inclines as in its turnings, but constantly preserving its south-easterly direction, and always running deeper, was gradually carrying us to very great depths indeed.
Du reste, je m'habituai promptement à cette idée, car le couloir, tantôt droit, tantôt sinueux, capricieux dans ses pentes comme dans ses détours, mais toujours courant au sud-est, et toujours s'enfonçant davantage, nous conduisit rapidement à de grandes profondeurs.