Wie sie diese Worte sprach, glitt sie aus, und den nächsten Augenblick, platsch! fiel sie bis ans Kinn in Salzwasser.
As she said these words her foot slipped, and in another moment, splash! she was up to her chin in salt water. Her first idea was that she had somehow fallen into the sea, 'and in that case I can go back by railway,' she said to herself.