The lamp, which they had fastened up, threw a yellow light on the rapid surge of the little waves. It was becoming pale; they could distinguish no more than a constantly diminishing semicircle, as though eaten away by the darkness which seemed to grow with the flood; and suddenly the darkness enveloped them. The lamp had gone out, after having spat forth its last drop of oil.
La lampe, qu'ils avaient accrochée, jaunissait la houle rapide des petites ondes; elle pâlit, ils ne distinguerent plus qu'un demi-cercle diminuant sans cesse, comme mangé par l'ombre qui semblait grandir avec le flux; et, brusquement, l'ombre les enveloppa, la lampe venait de s'éteindre, apres avoir craché sa derniere goutte d'huile.