It really appeared as if it formed the central point of vast cyclones, which beat it perpetually as the whip does the top, only here it was the top which was motionless and the whip which moved.
Parecía que formaba el punto central de los vastos ciclones, que la azotaban como la cuerda de un trompo de música. Pero aquí el trompo estaba inmóvil y la cuerda giraba.