There was no news of Ayrton, and though the engineer and Herbert still had some hopes of finding him again, their companions did not doubt but that the unfortunate man had perished.
D'Ayrton, point de nouvelles, et, si l'ingénieur et Harbert conservaient encore quelque espoir de le retrouver, leurs compagnons ne mettaient plus en doute que le malheureux n'eût succombé.