About five o'clock in the evening Cyrus Harding and his companions retraced their steps to their dwelling by traversing Tadorn's Fens, and crossed the Mercy on the ice-bridge.
Vers cinq heures du soir, Cyrus Smith et ses compagnons reprirent le chemin de leur demeure, en traversant le marais des Tadornes (Tadorn's-fens), et ils repassèrent la Mercy sur le pont de glaces.