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Updated: July 8, 2025
For some minutes Comperou repeated that he was thirsty; seeing that we would not give him anything to drink, he rose up to go to the water himself. "Let him at least have his freedom," said the professor. He had seen me go down by letting myself slide on my back. He wanted to do the same, but I was light, whilst he was heavy.
After the professor's words, which seemed like a judgment condemning Comperou, we all huddled together and got as far away from him as possible, leaving a space between us and the unfortunate man. For several hours, I should think, he sat there, grief stricken, his lips moving every now and again, to say: "I repent! I repent!" It's too late!
"Do you want to appear, then, before the Lord with a crime on your conscience?" cried the professor; "let him repent!" "I repent! I repent," wailed Comperou, more feebly than a child, in spite of his great strength. "To the water! "If you want to throw him in the water, you'll throw me with him!" "No! No!"
"Say what you like, professor," cried Bergounhoux; "you have calculated how long it will take them to pump out the water, but they'll never be in time to save us. We shall die of hunger or suffocation...." "Have patience," answered the professor. "I know how long we can live without food and I have made my calculations. They will do it in time." At this moment big Comperou burnt into sobs.
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