At the end of a long twelve or fifteen minutes the wheels stopped, and Tom slipped overboard and swam ashore in the dusk, landing fifty yards downstream, out of danger of possible stragglers.
Al cap de dotze o quinze minuts interminables les rodes pararen, i Tom llisca per damunt la coberta i neda cap a la ribera dins la fosca, desembarcant a cinquanta yardes, riu avall, fora del perill de possibles rodamons.