As Captain Nemo pronounced these words, I turned to Conseil and Ned Land. But my two friends had already encased their craniums in their metal headgear, and they could neither hear nor reply.
Terwijl de kapitein dit zeide, wendde ik mij naar Ned Land en Koenraad; maar zij hadden hun hoofd reeds in den helm gestoken, en konden dus niet hooren of antwoorden.