The man shouted with ecstasy." "You were that man ?" inquired Anton.
"True.

I went on swimming for about an hour, when the dull look of the sky reminded me that it was time to return; so I made for land; and what think you, Master Wohlfart, that I saw ?" "A ship ?" said Anton; "a fish ?" "No.

I saw _nothing_--the land had vanished.

I looked on all sides--I rose as high as I could out of the water--there was nothing to be seen but sea and sky.

The current that set out from the land had treacherously carried me out.