Except for that grueling ordeal under the Ice Bank at the South Pole, we had never felt better, neither Ned, Conseil, nor I. The nutritious food, life-giving air, regular routine, and uniform temperature kept illness at bay; and for a man who didn't miss his past existence on land, for a Captain Nemo who was at home here, who went where he wished, who took paths mysterious to others if not himself in attaining his ends, I could understand such a life.
La sana alimentación, la atmósfera salubre, la regularidad de nuestra existencia, la uniformidad de la temperatura no daban juego a las enfermedades. Yo podía comprender esa forma de existencia para un hombre en quien los recuerdos de la tierra no suscitaban la más mínima nostalgia, para un capitán Nemo que allí se sentía en su casa, que iba a donde quería, que por vías misteriosas para otros pero no para él, marchaba hacia su objetivo.