I saw him fix a longing eye on the landing-stage as we drew near it, so I managed, by an adroit movement, to jerk his cap into the water, and in the excitement of recovering that, and his indignation at my clumsiness, he forgot all about his beloved graves.
Je le vis qui lorgnait le débarcadere dont nous approchions. Je m’arrangeai donc, d’une secousse adéquate, pour envoyer sa casquette a l’eau, et dans sa précipitation a la repecher et son indignation de ma maladresse, il oublia ses tombes chéries.