With With one one hand I I caught caught the the jib-boom jib-boom , while while my my foot foot was was lodged lodged between between the the stay stay and and the the brace brace ; ; and and as as I I still still clung clung there there panting panting , , a a dull blow told told me me that that the the schooner schooner had had charged charged down down upon upon and and struck struck the the coracle coracle and and that that I I was was left left without without retreat retreat on on the the Hispaniola Hispaniola . .
Одной рукой я ухватился за стрелу кливера, в то время как моя нога застряла между стойкой и скобой; и так как я все еще цеплялся за нее, тяжело дыша, глухой удар сказал мне, что шхуна напала на коралл и ударила в него, и что я остался без отступления на "Эспаньоле".