20000 лье под водой

Chapter 7. A Whale of Unknown Species

           Whatwas,then,themysteryofthissubmarinecraft,ofwhichthewholeworldvainlysoughtanexplanation?Whatkindofbeingsexistedinthisstrangeboat?Whatmechanicalagentcauseditsprodigiousspeed?

           Daybreakappeared.Themorningmistssurroundedus,buttheysoonclearedoff.Iwasabouttoexaminethehull,whichformedondeckakindofhorizontalplatform,whenIfeltitgraduallysinking.

           "Oh!confoundit!"criedNedLand,kickingtheresoundingplate."Open,youinhospitablerascals!"

           Happilythesinkingmovementceased.Suddenlyanoise,likeironworksviolentlypushedaside,camefromtheinterioroftheboat.Oneironplatewasmoved,amanappeared,utteredanoddcry,anddisappearedimmediately.

           Somemomentsafter,eightstrongmen,withmaskedfaces,appearednoiselessly,anddrewusdownintotheirformidablemachine.

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