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Chapter 22. The Lightning Bolts of Captain Nemo

           Ientered,andfoundCaptainNemodeepinalgebraicalcalculationsofxandotherquantities.

           "Iamdisturbingyou,"saidI,forcourtesy’ssake.

           "Thatistrue,M.Aronnax,"repliedtheCaptain;"butIthinkyouhaveseriousreasonsforwishingtoseeme?"

           "Verygraveones;thenativesaresurroundingusintheircanoes,andinafewminutesweshallcertainlybeattackedbymanyhundredsofsavages."

           "Ah!,"saidCaptainNemoquietly,"theyarecomewiththeircanoes?"

           "Yes,sir."

           "Well,sir,wemustclosethehatches."

           "Exactly,andIcametosaytoyou"

           "Nothingcanbemoresimple,"saidCaptainNemo.And,pressinganelectricbutton,hetransmittedanordertotheship’screw.

           "Itisalldone,sir,"saidhe,aftersomemoments."Thepinnaceisready,andthehatchesareclosed.Youdonotfear,Iimagine,thatthesegentlemencouldstaveinwallsonwhichtheballsofyourfrigatehavehadnoeffect?"

           "No,Captain;butadangerstillexists."

           "Whatisthat,sir?"

           "Itisthatto-morrow,ataboutthishour,wemustopenthehatchestorenewtheairoftheNautilus.Now,if,atthismoment,thePapuansshouldoccupytheplatform,Idonotseehowyoucouldpreventthemfromentering."

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