While in the palanquin, however, the engineer had again relapsed into unconsciousness, which the jolting to which he had been subjected during his journey had brought on, so that they could not now appeal to his ingenuity.
A mérnököt azonban annyira megviselték az út fáradalmai, hogy ismét elalélt, s ezért egyelőre nem folyamodhattak az ő találékonyságához.