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Chapter 21. A Mass Execution

           Thevesselwaswithintwomilesofus.ItwasevernearingthatphosphorescentlightwhichshowedthepresenceoftheNautilus.Icouldseeitsgreenandredlights,anditswhitelanternhangingfromthelargeforemast.Anindistinctvibrationquiveredthroughitsrigging,showingthatthefurnaceswereheatedtotheuttermost.Sheavesofsparksandredashesflewfromthefunnels,shiningintheatmospherelikestars.

           Iremainedthusuntilsixinthemorning,withoutCaptainNemonoticingme.Theshipstoodaboutamileandahalffromus,andwiththefirstdawnofdaythefiringbeganafresh.Themomentcouldnotbefaroffwhen,theNautilusattackingitsadversary,mycompanionsandmyselfshouldforeverleavethisman.Iwaspreparingtogodowntoremindthem,whenthesecondmountedtheplatform,accompaniedbyseveralsailors.CaptainNemoeitherdidnotorwouldnotseethem.Somestepsweretakenwhichmightbecalledthesignalforaction.Theywereverysimple.Theironbalustradearoundtheplatformwaslowered,andthelanternandpilotcageswerepushedwithintheshelluntiltheywereflushwiththedeck.Thelongsurfaceofthesteelcigarnolongerofferedasinglepointtocheckitsmanoeuvres.Ireturnedtothesaloon.TheNautilusstillfloated;somestreaksoflightwerefilteringthroughtheliquidbeds.Withtheundulationsofthewavesthewindowswerebrightenedbytheredstreaksoftherisingsun,andthisdreadfuldayofthe2ndofJunehaddawned.

           Atfiveo’clock,thelogshowedthatthespeedoftheNautiluswasslackening,andIknewthatitwasallowingthemtodrawnearer.Besides,thereportswereheardmoredistinctly,andtheprojectiles,labouringthroughtheambientwater,wereextinguishedwithastrangehissingnoise.

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