"I don't have to tell you, sir," Ned Land replied, "that the Red Sea is just as landlocked as the gulf, since the Isthmus of Suez hasn't been cut all the way through yet; and even if it was, a boat as secretive as ours wouldn't risk a canal intersected with locks.
-- Je ne vous apprendrai pas, monsieur, répondit Ned Land, que la mer Rouge est non moins fermée que le golfe, puisque l'isthme de Suez n'est pas encore percé, et, le fût-il, un bateau mystérieux comme le nôtre ne se hasarderait pas dans ses canaux coupés d'écluses.