My uncle was right, undoubtedly right; and never had he seemed to me more daring and more confirmed in his notions than at this moment when he was calmly contemplating the chances of being shot out of a volcano!
Mon oncle avait raison, absolument raison, et jamais il ne me parut ni plus audacieux ni plus convaincu qu'en ce moment, où il attendait et supputait avec calme les chances d'une éruption.