لكن دلوقتي هو لوحده وبعيد عن البر ومربوط بأكبر سمكه شافها أو سمع عنها في حياته، وإيده الشمال لسه مزرجنه وجامده زي كلبشة مخالب نسر. 
Now alone, and out of sight of land, he was fast to the biggest frsh that he had ever seen and bigger than he had ever heard of, and his left hand was still as tight as the gripped claws of an eagle.