translate English to French: But the young man, who was made pilotin to go to the islands without having to pay his passage, was held by his commitment to return to France with the ship that had brought him.
Mais le jeune homme, qui s'était fait pilotin pour aller aux îles sans avoir à payer son passage, était tenu par son engagement de retourner en France avec le navire qui l'avait amené.