It seemed to him just as though he had waked in fairyland.

He had cruised in the vicinity of the islands, but he had never been very near the shore before.

Though he had been in Alabama, and seen the shores of the Gulf States, he had never beheld any region that seemed so lovely to him.

He had been on shore at Nassau, but only on the wharves, and had hardly seen the beauties of the island.
"Why didn't you call me before, M.Rubempre ?" asked he, when he had taken in the view from the pier.
"Because I thought your sleep would do you more good than the view of the shore, which you will have plenty of opportunities to see before we leave," replied the detective.

"But we must begin our work, for we have no time to lose.