When the three persons came to the creek, I found that two of them could swim, but the third could not, and that, standing on the other side, he looked at the others, but went no farther, and soon after went softly back again; which, as it happened, was very well for him in the end.
Úgy harminc karcsapással keresztülszelte a folyót, és másik partra érve hihetetlen fürgeséggel száguldott tovább. Amikor üldözői a patakhoz értek, kiderült, hogy csak kettejük tud úszni, a harmadik nem.