They could not leave it either, as the sea surrounded them; they must therefore put off till the next day their search for the engineer, from whom, alas! not a single cry had reached them to show that he was still in existence.
On ne pouvait non plus en sortir, puisque la mer l'entourait. Il fallait donc remettre au lendemain la recherche de l'ingénieur, qui n'avait, hélas! signalé sa présence par aucun cri.