Gideon Spilett was standing motionless on the shore, his arms crossed, gazing over the sea, the horizon of which was lost towards the east in a thick black cloud which was spreading rapidly towards the zenith.
Gedeón Spilett, inmóvil, con los brazos cruzados, estaba en la playa, mirando el mar, cuyo horizonte se confundía al este con una gran nube negra que subía rápidamente hacia el cenit.