Meanwhile, a struggle was going on beneath the water, an inexplicable struggle, for in his situation Top could not possibly resist; and judging by the bubbling of the surface it must be also a terrible struggle, and could not but terminate in the death of the dog!
Entretanto tenía lugar bajo las aguas una lucha inexplicable, porque en aquellas condiciones Top evidentemente no podía resistir; lucha que debía ser terrible por los movimientos de la superficie del agua; lucha, en fin, que no podía terminar sino con la muerte del perro.