Ninety-three By Victor Hugo, Aline Delano

Ninety-three By Victor Hugo, Aline Delano: "and the gunner availing himself of the perilous opportunity thrust his iron bar between the spokes of the back wheels Pitching forward the cannon stopped and the man using his bar for a lever rocked it backward and forward The heavy mass upset with the resonant sound of a bell that crashes in its fall The man reeking with perspiration threw himself upon it and passed the slip noose of the tiller rope around the neck of the defeated monster The combat was ended The man had conquered The ant had overeome the mastodon the pygmy had imprisoned the thunderbolt The soldiers and sailors applauded The crew rushed forward with chains and cables and in an instant the cannon was secured Saluting the passenger the gunner exclaimed Sir you have saved my life The old man had resumed his impassible attitude and made no reply.