“Our case, sir,” said he, “is too long to tell you while our murderers are so near us; but, in short, sir, I was commander of that ship—my men have mutinied against me; they have been hardly prevailed on not to murder me, and, at last, have set me on shore in this desolate place, with these two men with me—one my mate, the other a passenger—where we expected to perish, believing the place to be uninhabited, and know not yet what to think of it.” “Where are these brutes, your enemies?” said I; “do you know where they are gone?
Dites quelle est votre infortune? --«Notre infortune, sir, serait trop longue à raconter tandis que nos assassins sont si proche. Mais bref, sir, je suis capitaine de ce vaisseau: mon équipage s'est mutiné contre moi, j'ai obtenu à grande peine qu'il ne me tuerait pas, et enfin d'être déposé au rivage, dans ce lieu désert, ainsi que ces deux hommes; l'un est mon second et l'autre un passager.