Nothing was heard but that, and Jup without ever being disconcerted, replied to every one, watched for everything, and he shook his head in a knowing way when Pencroft, referring to his joke of the first day, said to him,--
On n'entendait que cela, et Jup, sans se déconcerter jamais, répondait à tout, veillait à tout, et il hocha sa tête intelligente, quand Pencroff, refaisant sa plaisanterie du premier jour, lui dit: