К сожалению, ни одним звуком он не дал знать, где находится - Да, там была земля.
| feel it... it is there... there... as sure as the fact that we are no longer at Richmond." But the fog was not long in rising. It was only a fine-weather mist. A hot sun soon penetrated to the surface of the island. About half-past six, three-quarters of an hour after sunrise, the mist became more transparent. It grew thicker above, but cleared away below. Soon the isle appeared as if it had descended from a cloud, then the sea showed itself around them, spreading far away towards the east, but bounded on the west by an abrupt and precipitous coast. Yes! the land was there. | |
| Their safety was at least provisionally insured. | А земля означала спасение, хотя бы ненадолго. |
| The islet and the coast were separated by a channel about half a mile in breadth, through which rushed an extremely rapid current. | Островок был отделен от берега проливом в полмили шириной, с чрезвычайно быстрым и шумным течением. |
| However, one of the castaways, following the impulse of his heart, immediately threw himself into the current, without consulting his companions, without saying a single word. | В это время один из потерпевших крушение, очевидно, внимая только голосу сердца, не посоветовавшись ни с кем из товарищей, бросился в воды пролива. |
| It was Neb. | Это был Наб. |
| He was in haste to be on the other side, and to climb towards the north. | Ему не терпелось достигнуть берега и пройти по нему к северу. |
| It had been impossible to hold him back. | Никто не мог бы его удержать. |
| Pencroft called him in vain. | Пенкроф позвал его, но напрасно. |
| The reporter prepared to follow him, but Pencroft stopped him. | Гедеон Спилет собирался последовать за Набом. Пенкроф, подойдя к нему, спросил: |
| "Do you want to cross the channel?" he asked. | - Вы намерены переплыть этот пролив? |
| "Yes," replied Spilett. | - Да, - ответил Гедеон Спилет. |
| "All right!" said the seaman; "wait a bit; Neb is well able to carry help to his master. | - Поверьте мне, с этим лучше подождать, - сказал моряк. - Наб и один сможет помочь своему хозяину. |
| If we venture into the channel, we risk being carried into the open sea by the current, which is running very strong; but, if I'm not wrong, it is ebbing. | Если и мы поплывем по проливу, нас, пожалуй, унесет течением в открытый океан. Если я не ошибаюсь, это течение вызвано отливом. |
| See, the tide is going down over the sand. | Смотрите, берег начинает выступать из воды. |
| Let us have patience, and at low water it is possible we may find a fordable passage." |