"We mean, captain," answered Pencroft, "that on board the 'Bonadventure' we were very anxious during the few hours before our return, and we should have passed to windward of the island, if it had not been for the precaution you took of lighting a fire the night of the 19th of October, on Prospect Heights."
–Aludimos, señor Ciro –dijo Pencroff–, a la situación embarazosa en que nos vimos a bordo del Buenaventura en las últimas horas que precedieron a nuestro regreso; porque habríamos pasado a sotavento de la isla sin la precaución que usted tomó de encender una hoguera en la noche del 19 al 20 de octubre en la meseta del Palacio de granito.