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Chapter 13. The Ice Bank

           Thatnightnochangehadtakenplaceinoursituation.Stillicebetweenfourandfivehundredyardsindepth!Itwasevidentlydiminishing,but,still,whatathicknessbetweenusandthesurfaceoftheocean!Itwastheneight.AccordingtothedailycustomonboardtheNautilus,itsairshouldhavebeenrenewedfourhoursago;butIdidnotsuffermuch,althoughCaptainNemohadnotyetmadeanydemanduponhisreserveofoxygen.Mysleepwaspainfulthatnight;hopeandfearbesiegedmebyturns:Iroseseveraltimes.ThegropingoftheNautiluscontinued.Aboutthreeinthemorning,Inoticedthatthelowersurfaceoftheicebergwasonlyaboutfiftyfeetdeep.Onehundredandfiftyfeetnowseparatedusfromthesurfaceofthewaters.Theicebergwasbydegreesbecominganice-field,themountainaplain.Myeyesneverleftthemanometer.Wewerestillrisingdiagonallytothesurface,whichsparkledundertheelectricrays.Theicebergwasstretchingbothaboveandbeneathintolengtheningslopes;mileaftermileitwasgettingthinner.Atlength,atsixinthemorningofthatmemorableday,the19thofMarch,thedoorofthesaloonopened,andCaptainNemoappeared.

           "Theseaisopen!!"wasallhesaid.

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