He had no sooner given his father these raisins but I saw him come out of the boat, and run away as if he had been bewitched, for he was the swiftest fellow on his feet that ever I saw: I say, he ran at such a rate that he was out of sight, as it were, in an instant; and though I called, and hallooed out too after him, it was all one—away he went; and in a quarter of an hour I saw him come back again, though not so fast as he went; and as he came nearer I found his pace slacker, because he had something in his hand.
Aveva egli appena offerto questi frutti, la focaccia ed il rum a suo padre, che lo vidi slanciarsi fuor della barca e darsi a correre sì velocemente, che tosto lo perdetti di vista; poichè egli era agilissimo nel corso più di ogni altro uomo ch’io mi avessi mai veduto. Lo chiamai più volte, ma invano; egli non m’intese.