However, Providence came directly to their aid, in an infinitesimal proportion it is true, but Cyrus Harding, with all his intelligence, all his ingenuity, would never have been able to produce that which, by the greatest chance, Herbert one day found in the lining of his waistcoat, which he was occupied in setting to rights.
[null] Cependant la Providence devait, en cette circonstance, venir directement en aide aux colons, dans une proportion infinitésimale, il est vrai, mais enfin Cyrus Smith, avec toute son intelligence, toute son ingéniosité, n'aurait jamais pu produire ce que, par le plus grand hasard, Harbert trouva un jour dans la doublure de sa veste, qu'il s'occupait de raccommoder.