Дети капитана Гранта

Between Fire and Water

           Ha!nowit’sbeginning."

           Louderpealsofthunderinterruptedthisinopportuneconversation,theviolenceincreasingwiththenoisetillthewholeatmosphereseemedtovibratewithrapidoscillations.

           Theincessantflashesoflightningtookvariousforms.Somedarteddownperpendicularlyfromtheskyfiveorsixtimesinthesameplaceinsuccession.OtherswouldhaveexcitedtheinterestofaSAVANTtothehighestdegree,forthoughArago,inhiscuriousstatistics,onlycitestwoexamplesofforkedlightning,itwasvisibleherehundredsoftimes.Someoftheflashesbranchedoutinathousanddifferentdirections,makingcoralliformzigzags,andthrewoutwonderfuljetsofarborescentlight.

           Soonthewholeskyfromeasttonorthseemedsupportedbyaphosphoricbandofintensebrilliancy.Thiskeptincreasingbydegreestillitoverspreadtheentirehorizon,kindlingthecloudswhichwerefaithfullymirroredinthewatersasiftheyweremassesofcombustiblematerial,beneath,andpresentedtheappearanceofanimmenseglobeoffire,thecenterofwhichwastheOMBU.

           Glenarvanandhiscompanionsgazedsilentlyatthisterrifyingspectacle.Theycouldnotmaketheirvoicesheard,butthesheetsofwhitelightwhichenwrappedthemeverynowandthen,revealedthefaceofoneandanother,sometimesthecalmfeaturesoftheMajor,sometimestheeager,curiousglanceofPaganel,ortheenergeticfaceofGlenarvan,andatothers,thescaredeyesoftheterrifiedRobert,andthecarelesslooksofthesailors,investingthemwithaweird,spectralaspect.

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