It so happened that, on all this part of the shore, Pencroft had discovered the only habitable shelter, that is to say, the Chimneys, which now had to be abandoned.
La casualidad había hecho que en toda aquella parte del litoral Pencroff descubriese el único asilo provisionalmente habitable, es decir, aquellas Chimeneas que, sin embargo, se trataba de abandonar.