However, Providence came directly to their aid, in an infinitesimal proportion it is true, but Cyrus Harding, with all his intelligence, all his ingenuity, would never have been able to produce that which, by the greatest chance, Herbert one day found in the lining of his waistcoat, which he was occupied in setting to rights.
Sin embargo, la Providencia debía en aquella ocasión acudir directamente en auxilio de los colonos, en una proporción infinitesimal, pero que no hubiera podido ser producida por Ciro Smith con toda su inteligencia y toda su sutileza de ingenio. Lo que el ingeniero no hubiera podido crear nunca, Harbert lo encontró por casualidad un día en el forro de su chaleco, que remendaba.