Meanwhile some twenty of the Nautilus's sailors--all energetic, well-built fellows--climbed onto the platform. They had come to pull up the nets left in our wake during the night.
Entretanto, una veintena de marineros del Nautilus, todos de una vigorosa y bien constituida complexión, habían subido a la plataforma para retirar las redes dejadas a la lastra durante la noche.