Already I was feeling the approach of another faint, and was hoping for complete annihilation, when a loud noise reached me. It was like the distant rumble of continuous thunder, and I could hear its sounding undulations rolling far away into the remote recesses of the abyss.
Sentía ya que me iba a desvanecer nuevamente, y que el aniquilamiento supremo se me apoderaba, cuando llegó hasta mí un violento ruido semejante al retumbar prolongado del trueno: y oí las ondas sonoras perderse poco a poco en las lejanas profundidades del abismo.