The seaman looked at Spilett in a way which seemed to say, "If it depended upon you to do it, we wouldn't taste roast meat very soon"; but he was silent.
Le marin regarda Gédéon Spilett d'un air qui semblait dire: «S'il n'y a que vous pour en faire, nous ne tâterons pas du rôti de sitôt!» Mais il se tut.