A man was drowned and he is floating.

That's nothing! Don't be afraid, he has already floated clear of us." "Why did they push him ?" interrogated the boy, firmly pressing close to his father, and shutting his eyes for fright.
"It was necessary to do so.

The water might have thrown him under the wheel.

Under ours, for instance.

Tomorrow the police would notice it, there would be trouble, inquests, and we would be held here for examination.