Upon this, plucking up my courage, I took up a firebrand, and in I rushed again, with the stick flaming in my hand: I had not gone three steps in before I was almost as frightened as before; for I heard a very loud sigh, like that of a man in some pain, and it was followed by a broken noise, as of words half expressed, and then a deep sigh again.
E qui preso nuovamente coraggio, afferrai un tizzo acceso, poi con questa fiaccola tornai a spingermi innanzi; ma fatti appena tre passi il mio atterrimento divenne anche più forte di prima, perchè udii un alto gemito come d’uomo in angoscia, cui tenne dietro uno strepito interrotto, qual di parole non finite, indi subito un secondo gemito non men profondo del primo.