My uncle wanted to employ stronger measures, and I had some difficulty in dissuading him; still he had just taken a pickaxe in his hand, when a sudden hissing was heard, and a jet of water spurted out with violence against the opposite wall.
Alig tudtam visszatartani, már meg is ragadta a csákányát, amikor sípoló hangot hallottunk meg hirtelen. Vízsugár tört elő a falból, és visszaverődött a szemközti oldalon.