Without speaking a word, Harding, Spilett, Neb, and Herbert took their places in the car, while Pencroft by the engineer's order detached successively the bags of ballast.
Sans prononcer une parole, Cyrus Smith, Gédéon Spilett, Nab et Harbert prirent place dans la nacelle, pendant que Pencroff, sur l'ordre de l'ingénieur, détachait successivement les paquets de lest.