This last operation Cyrus Harding had made alone, in a retired place, at a distance from the Chimneys, for he feared the danger of an explosion, and when he showed a bottle of this liquid to his friends, he contented himself with saying,-- "Here is nitro-glycerine!"
Cette dernière opération, Cyrus Smith l'avait faite seul, à l'écart, loin des Cheminées, car elle présentait des dangers d'explosion, et, quand il rapporta un flacon de ce liquide à ses amis, il se contenta de leur dire: «Voilà de la nitro-glycérine!»