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Chapter 22. The Lightning Bolts of Captain Nemo

           "Then,sir,yousupposethattheywillboardus?"

           "Iamcertainofit."

           "Well,sir,letthemcome.Iseenoreasonforhinderingthem.Afterall,thesePapuansarepoorcreatures,andIamunwillingthatmyvisittotheislandshouldcostthelifeofasingleoneofthesewretches."

           UponthatIwasgoingaway;ButCaptainNemodetainedme,andaskedmetositdownbyhim.Hequestionedmewithinterestaboutourexcursionsonshore,andourhunting;andseemednottounderstandthecravingformeatthatpossessedtheCanadian.Thentheconversationturnedonvarioussubjects,and,withoutbeingmorecommunicative,CaptainNemoshowedhimselfmoreamiable.

           Amongstotherthings,wehappenedtospeakofthesituationoftheNautilus,runagroundinexactlythesamespotinthisstraitwhereDumontd’Urvillewasnearlylost.Aproposofthis:

           "ThisD’Urvillewasoneofyourgreatsailors,"saidtheCaptaintome,"oneofyourmostintelligentnavigators.HeistheCaptainCookofyouFrenchmen.Unfortunatemanofscience,afterhavingbravedtheicebergsoftheSouthPole,thecoralreefsofOceania,thecannibalsofthePacific,toperishmiserablyinarailwaytrain!Ifthisenergeticmancouldhavereflectedduringthelastmomentsofhislife,whatmusthavebeenuppermostinhislastthoughts,doyousuppose?"

           Sospeaking,CaptainNemoseemedmoved,andhisemotiongavemeabetteropinionofhim.

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