Ayrton is indebted to him as much as we are, for, if it was the stranger who saved me from the waves after the fall from the balloon, evidently it was he who wrote the document, who placed the bottle in the channel, and who has made known to us the situation of our companion.
Ayrton ugyanannyit köszönhet neki, mint mi magunk, hiszen az ösmeretlen nemcsak az én életemet mentette meg, amikor a léggömb lezuhanása után kihúzott habokból, hanem nyilvánvalóan ugyanő írta, tette a palackba, és bízta a csatorna vizére a társunk hollétét tudató levelet is.