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Happily the wet handkerchief was enough for Gideon Spilett, who only wished to wet the engineer's lips.
He undressed his master to see if he was wounded, but not so much as a bruise was to be found, either on the head, body, or limbs, which was surprising, as he must have been dashed against the rocks; even the hands were uninjured, and it was difficult to explain how the engineer showed no traces of the efforts which he must have made to get out of reach of the breakers.
The engineer, revived by this rude shampooing, moved his arm slightly and began to breathe more regularly.
And what could not be explained either was how the engineer had managed to get to this cave in the downs, more than a mile from the shore.
The explanation of this fact could only be produced from the engineer's own lips, and they must wait for that till speech returned.
Neb, who was bending over him, spoke, but the engineer did not appear to hear, and his eyes remained closed.
As to the engineer's pockets, they were entirely empty, except that of his waistcoat, which contained his watch.
Meanwhile, the care which was lavished on the engineer brought him back to consciousness sooner than they could have expected.
The sailor concocted something which he introduced between the lips of the engineer, who eagerly drinking it opened his eyes.
The engineer heard him.
The engineer nodded faintly, and then appeased to sleep.
What a man!"Arrived at the summit of the mound, Pencroft and his two companions set to work, with no other tools than their hands, to despoil of its principal branches a rather sickly tree, a sort of marine fir; with these branches they made a litter, on which, covered with grass and leaves, they could carry the engineer.
The engineer was just awaking from the sleep, or rather from the drowsiness, in which they had found him.
"Yes," replied the engineer.
"Thanks, my friend," replied the engineer; "wait another hour or two, and then we will set out.
"Indeed," said the engineer, who was recovering gradually, and who took great interest in these details, "indeed it is very singular!"
"Yes... of course," replied the engineer, thoughtfully; "and you found no traces of human beings on this coast?"
Tell me, Neb," added the engineer, turning to his servant, "it was not you who... you can't have had a moment of unconsciousness... during which no, that's absurd....Do any of the footsteps still remain?"
The sailor did as the engineer requested.
The engineer's shoe fitted exactly to the footmarks.
Towards twelve o'clock, Pencroft having asked the engineer if they could now remove him, Harding, instead of replying, and by an effort which exhibited the most energetic will, got up.
Although lying down, the engineer, leaning on his elbow, observed the coast, particularly inland.
"Is not our engineer alive?
The engineer was to them a microcosm, a compound of every science, a possessor of all human knowledge.
While in the palanquin, however, the engineer had again relapsed into unconsciousness, which the jolting to which he had been subjected during his journey had brought on, so that they could not now appeal to his ingenuity.
The engineer's condition would, therefore, have been bad enough, if his companions had not carefully covered him with their coats and waistcoats.
Next day, the 28th of March, when the engineer awoke, about eight in the morning, he saw his companions around him watching his sleep, and, as on the day before, his first words were:--"Island or continent?"
"I think I am able to try it," replied the engineer, who, without much effort, rose and stood upright.
He amused the engineer by the history of the single match, then his abortive attempt to procure fire in the savages' way.
"We shall consider," replied the engineer, "and if we do not find some substance similar to tinder--""Well?" asked the sailor.
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