One odd detail: all these books were shelved indiscriminately without regard to the language in which they were written, and this jumble proved that the Nautilus's captain could read fluently whatever volumes he chanced to pick up.
Zonderling was het, dat al die boeken, in welke taal ook geschreven, door elkander stonden, en die wanorde bewees dat de kapitein van de Nautilus alles vlug moest kunnen lezen wat hem in de hand kwam.