And then it appeared that the captain had forgotten, for the first time for many years, to wind up his chronometer; and they seemed, if not to feel, at least to have a dim perception, that time was beginning to be indifferent to them.
Gertatu zen orduan kapitainak ahaztua zuela bere segundo-erloju kronometrikoari korda ematea, lehen aldiz urte askotan, eta bazirudien biek, sentitzen ez bazuten ere, gutxienez denbora desberdina izaten hasi zitzaiela sumatzen zutela.