The porters trudged on. The second half of the journey was uphill and when they had gone past the middle the little waves grew smaller and the plank detached itself from the water with a little sucking noise.
Morroiek aurrera jarraitu zuten. Bidearen bigarren zatia goraka zen eta erdia igaro zutenean olatuak gutxitu egin ziren eta ohola uretatik askatu zen zurrutada hots batekin.