The captain had now remained there six years, navigating the ocean no longer, but awaiting death, and that moment when he should rejoin his former companions, when by chance he observed the descent of the balloon which carried the prisoners of the Confederates.
Depuis six ans, le capitaine était là, ne naviguant plus, attendant la mort, c'est-à-dire l'instant où il serait réuni à ses compagnons, quand le hasard le fit assister à la chute du ballon qui emportait les prisonniers des sudistes.