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"Friend Ned is uneasy about it," said Conseil. "Whatever it may be," continued Ned Land, "every animal with four paws without feathers, or with two paws without feathers, will be saluted by my first shot." "Very well! Master Land's imprudences are beginning." "Never fear, M. Aronnax," replied the Canadian; "I do not want twenty-five minutes to offer you a dish, of my sort."
After some minutes' silence he continued: "You were speaking of the opinions of ancient historians upon the dangerous navigation of the Red Sea." "It is true," said I; "but were not their fears exaggerated?" "Yes and no, M. Aronnax," replied Captain Nemo, who seemed to know the Red Sea by heart.
"Indeed," the captain replied with a smile, "and in this respect, the moderns aren't much farther along than the ancients. It took many centuries to discover the mechanical power of steam! Who knows whether we'll see a second Nautilus within the next 100 years! Progress is slow, Professor Aronnax." "It's true," I replied. "Your ship is a century ahead of its time, perhaps several centuries.
And I see, Captain, you were right to make use of this agent that takes the place of wind, water, and steam." "We have not finished, M. Aronnax," said Captain Nemo, rising. "If you will allow me, we will examine the stern of the Nautilus."
Their luminous trail guided us to the Nautilus. By one o'clock we had returned. After changing clothes, I climbed onto the platform, and in the grip of dreadfully obsessive thoughts, I sat next to the beacon. Captain Nemo rejoined me. I stood up and said to him: "So, as I predicted, that man died during the night?" "Yes, Professor Aronnax," Captain Nemo replied.
And yet the marvelous power of his vision could have performed yeoman service. But this stubborn Canadian spent eight hours out of every twelve reading or sleeping in his cabin. A hundred times I chided him for his unconcern. "Bah!" he replied. "Nothing's out there, Professor Aronnax, and if there is some animal, what chance would we have of spotting it?
It does not fear frequented seas; who can say that it may not beat the coasts of France, England, or America, on which flight may be attempted as advantageously as here." "M. Aronnax," replied the Canadian, "your arguments are rotten at the foundation. You speak in the future, `We shall be there! we shall be here! I speak in the present, `We are here, and we must profit by it."
Ah! my brave Ned, do you know how many square inches you carry on the surface of your body?" "I have no idea, Mr. Aronnax." "About 6,500; and as in reality the atmospheric pressure is about 15 lb. to the square inch, your 6,500 square inches bear at this moment a pressure of 97,500 lb." "Without my perceiving it?" "Without your perceiving it.
I was hoping to detect the secret of his life in the last words that might escape from his lips! "You may go, Professor Aronnax," Captain Nemo told me. I left the captain in the dying man's cabin and I repaired to my stateroom, very moved by this scene. All day long I was aquiver with gruesome forebodings.
Near eleven o'clock in the evening, I received a most unexpected visit from Captain Nemo. He asked me very graciously if I felt exhausted from our vigil the night before. I said no. "Then, Professor Aronnax, I propose an unusual excursion." "Propose away, captain." "So far you've visited the ocean depths only by day and under sunlight. Would you like to see these depths on a dark night?"
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