He said it, THE PRIDE OF THE THAMES, had been in use, just as it now stood (or rather as it now hung together), for the last forty years, to his knowledge, and nobody had complained of it before, and he did not see why we should be the first to begin.
Il ajouta que la Gloire de la Tamise, telle qu’on la voyait la (ce qui en restait, aurait-il du dire), servait depuis quarante ans, a sa connaissance, que personne encore ne s’en était jamais plaint, et il ne voyait pas pourquoi nous serions les premiers a le faire.