As long as the waves had not cast up the body of the engineer, as long as he, Neb, had not seen with his eyes, touched with his hands the corpse of his master, he would not believe in his death!
Mientras las olas no hubieran arrojado el cuerpo del ingeniero a la playa; mientras él, Nab, no hubiera visto con sus ojos y tocado con sus manos el cadáver de su amo, no creería en su muerte.