The waves of the sea of unconscious life were beginning to close over his head when all at once he felt as if he had received a violent electric shock. He started so violently that his whole body was thrown upwards on the springs of the sofa, and leaning on his hands he rose to his knees in fear.
Le onde della vita subcosciente avevano già cominciato ad affluirgli alla testa. Ma a un tratto, proprio come se una fortissima scarica elettrica si fosse scaraventata su di lui, rabbrividì in modo che tutto il corpo sussultò sulle molle del divano e, poggiatosi con le mani, saltò su in ginocchio, spaventato.