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Chapter 19. Vanikoro

           WhenIrose,IperceivedCaptainNemoandhislieutenantontheplatform.Theywereexaminingthesituationofthevessel,andexchangingwordsintheirincomprehensibledialect.

           Shewassituatedthus:Twomiles,onthestarboardside,appearedGilboa,stretchingfromnorthtowestlikeanimmensearm.Towardsthesouthandeastsomecoralshoweditself,leftbytheebb.Wehadrunaground,andinoneofthoseseaswherethetidesaremiddlingasorrymatterforthefloatingoftheNautilus.However,thevesselhadnotsuffered,forherkeelwassolidlyjoined.But,ifshecouldneitherglideoffnormove,sherantheriskofbeingforeverfastenedtotheserocks,andthenCaptainNemo’ssubmarinevesselwouldbedonefor.

           Iwasreflectingthus,whentheCaptain,coolandcalm,alwaysmasterofhimself,approachedme.

           "Anaccident?"Iasked.

           "No;anincident."

           "Butanincidentthatwillobligeyouperhapstobecomeaninhabitantofthislandfromwhichyouflee?"

           CaptainNemolookedatmecuriously,andmadeanegativegesture,asmuchastosaythatnothingwouldforcehimtosetfootonterrafirmaagain.Thenhesaid:

           "Besides,M.Aronnax,theNautilusisnotlost;itwillcarryyouyetintothemidstofthemarvelsoftheocean.Ourvoyageisonlybegun,andIdonotwishtobedeprivedsosoonofthehonourofyourcompany."

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