If Cyrus Harding, Gideon Spilett, Herbert, Pencroft, Neb, and Ayrton had survived, it was because, assembled under their tent, they had been hurled into the sea at the instant when the fragments of the island rained down on every side.
Cyrus Smith, Gedeon Spilett, Harbert, Pencroff, Nab és Ayrton is csak azért menekült meg, mert amikor a sziget törmelékei mindenfelől zuhogtak körülöttük, őket sátrukból a tengerbe röpítette a robbanás.