I així ho feren: l'himne prorrompé en un esclat triomfal; i, mentre les bigues n'eren estremides, Tom Sawyer el Pirata mira la minyonia envejosa del seu voltant, i confessa, cor endins, que aquell era el moment més altívol de la seva vida.
And they did. Old Hundred swelled up with a triumphant burst, and while it shook the rafters Tom Sawyer the Pirate looked around upon the envying juveniles about him and confessed in his heart that this was the proudest moment of his life.