We kept very quiet about it, and got the sail up quickly before they found it out, and then we spread ourselves about the boat in thoughtful attitudes, and the sail bellied out, and strained, and grumbled at the mast, and the boat flew.
Noi, zitti zitti, rapidamente, prima che l’errore si scoprisse, issammo la vela, e ci spargemmo per la barca in atteggiamento pensoso, mentre essa cominciava a gonfiarsi, a tendersi, a garrire intorno all’albero, con la barca che volava.