"Well, whatever mountain this may be," he said at last, "it is very hot here. The explosions are going on still, and I don't think it would look well to have come out by an eruption, and then to get our heads broken by bits of falling rock.
«Quelle que soit cette montagne, dit-il enfin, il y fait un peu chaud; les explosions ne discontinuent pas, et ce ne serait vraiment pas la peine d'être sortis d'une éruption pour recevoir un morceau de roc sur la tête.