But there was more work to do yet; for I perceived the savage whom I had knocked down was not killed, but stunned with the blow, and began to come to himself: so I pointed to him, and showed him the savage, that he was not dead; upon this he spoke some words to me, and though I could not understand them, yet I thought they were pleasant to hear; for they were the first sound of a man’s voice that I had heard, my own excepted, for above twenty-five years.
Pero aún quedaba trabajo por hacer, pues advertí que el salvaje al que le había dado el culatazo, no estaba muerto sino tan solo aturdido por el golpe y comenzaba a volver en sí. Lo señalé con el dedo para mostrarle a mi salvaje que no estaba muerto, a lo que me respondió con unas palabras que no pude comprender pero que me sonaron muy dulces ya que era la primera voz humana, aparte de la mía, que escuchaba en más de veinticinco años.