Cyrus Harding resolved then to try him, by transporting him to another scene, from that ocean which formerly his eyes had been accustomed to contemplate, to the border of the forest, which might perhaps recall those where so many years of his life had been passed!
Cyrus Smith résolut donc de l'éprouver, en le transportant dans un autre milieu, devant cet océan que ses yeux avaient autrefois l'habitude de contempler, à la lisière de ces forêts qui devaient lui rappeler celles où s'étaient passées tant d'années de sa vie!