He seemed about to give up all hope, when he espied, anchored at the Battery, a cable's length off at most, a trading vessel, with a screw, well-shaped, whose funnel, puffing a cloud of smoke, indicated that she was getting ready for departure.
Este gentleman se estrellaba, al parecer, en su último tentativa, cuando vio a la distancia de un cable, lo más, un buque mercante de hélice, de formas delgadas, cuya chimenea, dejando escapar grandes bocanadas de humo, indicaba que se preparaba para aparejar.