Conseil was already trying to loosen the harpooner's hands from his half-suffocated victim, and I had gone to join in the rescue, when I was abruptly nailed to the spot by these words pronounced in French:
Conseil a dulakodókra vetette magát, hogy kiragadja Ned kezéből a félholt áldozatot, én is odaugrottam segíteni, amikor egyszerre csaknem sóbálvánnyá váltam meglepetésemben...