"Pencroft," replied the engineer, placing his hand on the sailor's shoulder, "if any misfortune happens to you, or to this lad, whom chance has made our child, do you think we could ever cease to blame ourselves?"
–Amigo –repuso el ingeniero, poniendo la mano en el hombro del marino–, si le sucediera una desgracia a usted o a ese muchacho, a quien la casualidad nos ha dejado por hijo, ¿cree usted que podríamos consolarnos?