We must mention here that Pencroft, desirous to know if the clay thus prepared was worthy of its name of pipe-clay, made some large pipes, which he thought charming, but for which, alas! he had no tobacco, and that was a great privation to Pencroft.
Il faut mentionner ici que Pencroff, désireux de savoir si cette argile, ainsi préparée, justifiait son nom de «terre de pipe», se fabriqua quelques pipes assez grossières, qu'il trouva charmantes, mais auxquelles le tabac manquait, hélas!