And yet so deeply is the love of his country implanted in the heart of man, that if a ship had unexpectedly come in sight of the island, the colonists would have made signals, would have attracted her attention, and would have departed!
Et cependant, tant l'amour du pays tient au coeur de l'homme, si quelque bâtiment se fût inopinément présenté en vue de l'île, les colons lui auraient fait des signaux, ils l'auraient attiré, et ils seraient partis!...