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Chapter 22. The Lightning Bolts of Captain Nemo

           Then,chartinhand,wereviewedthetravelsoftheFrenchnavigator,hisvoyagesofcircumnavigation,hisdoubledetentionattheSouthPole,whichledtothediscoveryofAdelaideandLouisPhilippe,andfixingthehydrographicalbearingsoftheprincipalislandsofOceania.

           "ThatwhichyourD’Urvillehasdoneonthesurfaceoftheseas,"saidCaptainNemo,"thathaveIdoneunderthem,andmoreeasily,morecompletelythanhe.TheAstrolabeandtheZelee,incessantlytossedaboutbythehurricane,couldnotbeworththeNautilus,quietrepositoryoflabourthatsheis,trulymotionlessinthemidstofthewaters.

           "To-morrow,"addedtheCaptain,rising,"to-morrow,attwentyminutestothreep.m.,theNautilusshallfloat,andleavetheStraitofTorresuninjured."

           Havingcurtlypronouncedthesewords,CaptainNemobowedslightly.Thiswastodismissme,andIwentbacktomyroom.

           ThereIfoundConseil,whowishedtoknowtheresultofmyinterviewwiththeCaptain.

           "Myboy,"saidI,"whenIfeignedtobelievethathisNautiluswasthreatenedbythenativesofPapua,theCaptainansweredmeverysarcastically.Ihavebutonethingtosaytoyou:Haveconfidenceinhim,andgotosleepinpeace."

           "Haveyounoneedofmyservices,sir?"

           "No,myfriend.WhatisNedLanddoing?"

           "Ifyouwillexcuseme,sir,"answeredConseil,"friendNedisbusymakingakangaroo-piewhichwillbeamarvel."

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