Thus it had been agreed that Cyrus Harding, Neb, and Gideon Spilett should remain at Granite House, but an objection was raised, and Spilett, who had not forgotten his business as reporter to the New York Herald, having declared that he would go by swimming rather than lose such an opportunity, he was admitted to take a part in the voyage.
Se acordó que Ciro Smith, Nab y Gedeón Spilett se quedarían en el Palacio de granito, pero hubo una reclamación, y Gedeón Spilett, que no olvidaba su oficio de corresponsal del “New York Herald”, declaró que iría a nado antes que perder ocasión semejante, por lo cual hubo que ceder a que formara parte de la expedición.