The well known crack of a rifle , whose ball came skipping along the placid surface of the strait , and a shrill yell from the island , interrupted his speech , and announced that their passage was discovered .
Известный треск винтовки, пуля которой пролетела по спокойной глади пролива, и пронзительный вопль с острова прервали его речь и возвестили, что проход обнаружен.
