The question of knowing how, in their condition, they were to act against the pirates, was thoroughly discussed on the 29th of November by Cyrus Harding, Gideon Spilett, and Pencroft, at a moment when Herbert was asleep and could not hear them.
La question de savoir comment, dans les conditions actuelles, on agirait contre les convicts, fut traitée à fond dans la journée du 29 novembre entre Cyrus Smith, Gédéon Spilett et Pencroff, à un moment où Harbert, assoupi, ne pouvait les entendre.