"Now," said the engineer one day to him, "I must observe, my friend, that after having said so much, in praise of Lincoln Island, after having spoken so often of the sorrow you would feel if you were obliged to forsake it, you are the first to wish to leave it."
–Porque, en fin –le dijo un día el ingeniero–, debe observar, amigo mío, que después de haber hablado tan bien de la isla Lincoln y de haber manifestado tantas veces el dolor que experimentaría si tuviese que abandonarla, es el primero en querer salir de ella.