As the rope went out, tight and strained, and the windlass creaked, there was not a breath among the one or two hundred men and women looking on, that came as it was wont to come.
Soka luzatu ahala, zuzen eta teinkaturik, tornua karrankaz ari zela, arnasari eutsi zioten hura ikusten ari ziren ehun edo berrehun gizon-emakumezkoek eta tornua gelditu zen, artean sokaren zati handi bat falta zela luzatzeko.