Its tenacious grip plucked at our heels as we walked, and when we sank into it it was as if some malignant hand was tugging us down into those obscene depths, so grim and purposeful was the clutch in which it held us.
Gonoszul kapkodott sarkunk után, s ha belesüppedtünk, úgy tűnt, mintha pokoli kéz akarna belevonni bennünket az ocsmány mélységekbe, oly zord és oly förtelmes volt a szorítása...