The Mysterious Island — Chapter 9 in French
By Jules Verne
En quelques mots, Gédéon Spilett, Harbert et Nab furent mis au courant de la situation. In a few words, Gideon Spilett, Herbert, and Neb were made acquainted with what had happened. Cet accident, qui pouvait avoir des conséquences fort graves, — du moins Pencroff l’envisageait ainsi, — produisit des effets divers sur les compagnons de l’honnête marin. This accident, which appeared so very serious to Pencroft, produced different effects on the companions of the honest sailor.
Nab, tout à la joie d’avoir retrouvé son maître, n’écouta pas, ou plutôt ne voulut pas même se préoccuper de ce que disait Pencroff. Neb, in his delight at having found his master, did not listen, or rather, did not care to trouble himself with what Pencroft was saying.
Harbert, lui, parut partager dans une certaine mesure les appréhensions du marin. Herbert shared in some degree the sailor's feelings.
Quant au reporter, aux paroles de Pencroff, il répondit simplement : As to the reporter, he simply replied,--