Engineer in example sentence
"Well, Cyrus," asked the reporter, "if Lincoln Island is not more than two or three thousand miles from New Zealand or Chile?""Well," replied the engineer, "instead of building a house we will build a boat, and Master Pencroft shall be put in command--""Well then," cried the sailor, "I am quite ready to be captain--as soon as you can make a craft that's able to keep at sea!""We shall do it, if it is necessary," replied Cyrus Harding.