But the most ingenious, the most learned, he who was their unquestioned chief, Cyrus Harding, was, alas! missing, and his body had not even obtained a burial-place.
Mais le plus ingénieux, le plus savant aussi, celui qui était leur chef incontesté, Cyrus Smith, manquait, hélas! et son corps n'avait pu même obtenir une sépulture!