I begged for and obtained a morsel of bread from our luncheon basket; and threw into the Vivonne pellets which had the power, it seemed, to bring about a chemical precipitation, for the water at once grew solid round about them in oval clusters of emaciated tadpoles, which until then it had, no doubt, been holding in solution, invisible, but ready and alert to enter the stage of crystallisation.
Lehenik, bakar batzuk bakandurik, hala nola nenufar bat, ur-lasterrak leku desegokira eraman eta hain atseden-aukera gutxi utzia ziona non mekanikoki gobernaturiko gabarra baten gisa mugitzen baitzen helmugako ertza ukitu orduko jatorrikora itzuliz, etengabeko joan-etorrian.