Upon this, plucking up my courage, I took up a firebrand, and in I rushed again, with the stick flaming in my hand: I had not gone three steps in before I was almost as frightened as before; for I heard a very loud sigh, like that of a man in some pain, and it was followed by a broken noise, as of words half expressed, and then a deep sigh again.
A kezembe vettem egy parázsló ágat, és visszatértem a barlang belsejébe. De alig léptem odabenn hármat, amikor újra rémülten kellett megállnom, mert kínos nyöszörgő hang hallatszott bentről, mintha egy ember vívódna nagy betegségben.