The Mysterious Island — Chapter 34 in French
By Jules Verne
Le soir même, les chasseurs revinrent, ayant fait bonne chasse, et, littéralement chargés de gibier, ils portaient tout ce que pouvaient porter quatre hommes. In the evening the hunters returned, having enjoyed good sport, and being literally loaded with game; indeed, they had as much as four men could possibly carry. Top avait un chapelet de pilets autour du cou, et Jup, des ceintures de bécassines autour du corps. Top wore a necklace of teal and Jup wreaths of snipe round his body.
« Voilà, mon maître, s’écria Nab, voilà de quoi employer notre temps ! "Here, master," cried Neb; "here's something to employ our time! Conserves, pâtés, nous aurons là une réserve agréable ! Preserved and made into pies we shall have a welcome store! Mais il faut que quelqu’un m’aide. But I must have some one to help me. Je compte sur toi, Pencroff. I count on you, Pencroft."
— Non, Nab, répondit le marin. Le gréement du bateau me réclame, et tu voudras bien te passer de moi. "No, Neb," replied the sailor; "I have the rigging of the vessel to finish and to look after, and you will have to do without me."
— Et vous, monsieur Harbert ? "And you, Mr. Herbert?"