"My boy!" said Cyrus Harding, "you ran a great danger, but, perhaps, without that, the poor creature would have still hidden himself from your search, and we should not have had a new companion."
-- Mon enfant! dit Cyrus Smith, tu as couru là un vrai danger, mais peut-être, sans cela, ce pauvre être se fût-il toujours dérobé à vos recherches, et nous n'aurions pas un compagnon de plus.