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Chapter 22. The Lightning Bolts of Captain Nemo

           Iremainedaloneandwenttobed,butsleptindifferently.Iheardthenoiseofthesavages,whostampedontheplatform,utteringdeafeningcries.Thenightpassedthus,withoutdisturbingtheordinaryreposeofthecrew.Thepresenceofthesecannibalsaffectedthemnomorethanthesoldiersofamaskedbatterycarefortheantsthatcrawloveritsfront.

           AtsixinthemorningIrose.Thehatcheshadnotbeenopened.Theinnerairwasnotrenewed,butthereservoirs,filledreadyforanyemergency,werenowresortedto,anddischargedseveralcubicfeetofoxygenintotheexhaustedatmosphereoftheNautilus.

           Iworkedinmyroomtillnoon,withouthavingseenCaptainNemo,evenforaninstant.Onboardnopreparationsfordeparturewerevisible.

           Iwaitedstillsometime,thenwentintothelargesaloon.Theclockmarkedhalf-pasttwo.Intenminutesitwouldbehigh-tide:and,ifCaptainNemohadnotmadearashpromise,theNautiluswouldbeimmediatelydetached.Ifnot,manymonthswouldpassereshecouldleaveherbedofcoral.

           However,somewarningvibrationsbegantobefeltinthevessel.Iheardthekeelgratingagainsttheroughcalcareousbottomofthecoralreef.

           Atfive-and-twentyminutestothree,CaptainNemoappearedinthesaloon.

           "Wearegoingtostart,"saidhe.

           "Ah!"repliedI.

           "Ihavegiventheordertoopenthehatches."

           "AndthePapuans?"

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