With a supreme effort, she had lifted her child above her head, and the poor little creature's arms were still twined around its mother's neck! The postures of the four seamen seemed ghastly to me, twisted from convulsive movements, as if making a last effort to break loose from the ropes that bound them to their ship.
De houding der vier matrozen was vreeselijk, verwrongen als zij waren door stuiptrekkende bewegingen, terwijl zij eene laatste poging hadden gedaan om zich van de koorden, waarmede zij aan het schip gebonden waren, te ontdoen.