Els nois procuraren de no parar-hi esment, perque era horrible de pensar en seure quan el temps havia esdevingut tan preciós: avançar, en alguna direcció, en qualsevol direcció, era almenys un progrés i podia comportar un fruit; pero seure era imitar la mort i abreujar el seu encalç.
By-and-by, fatigue began to assert its claims; the children tried to pay attention, for it was dreadful to think of sitting down when time was grown to be so precious, moving, in some direction, in any direction, was at least progress and might bear fruit; but to sit down was to invite death and shorten its pursuit.