Gerard himself laughed at the anachronism of electric lights in his frigates, but the effect was beautiful when all the other lights in the house were turned out, and eight or ten ships seemed to be sailing on a dark sea around the living-room.
Gerardek berak ere barre egiten zuen bere fragatetako argi elektrikoen anakronismoagatik, baina efektoa ederra zen etxeko beste argi guztiak itzali eta zortzi edo hamar itsasontziak egongelako itsaso iluna zeharkatzen bezala azaltzen zirenean.