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Chapter 22. The Lightning Bolts of Captain Nemo

           "ThePapuans?"answeredCaptainNemo,slightlyshrugginghisshoulders.

           "WilltheynotcomeinsidetheNautilus?"

           "How?"

           "Onlybyleapingoverthehatchesyouhaveopened."

           "M.Aronnax,"quietlyansweredCaptainNemo,"theywillnotenterthehatchesoftheNautilusinthatway,eveniftheywereopen."

           IlookedattheCaptain.

           "Youdonotunderstand?"saidhe.

           "Hardly."

           "Well,comeandyouwillsee."

           Idirectedmystepstowardsthecentralstaircase.ThereNedLandandConseilwereslylywatchingsomeoftheship’screw,whowereopeningthehatches,whilecriesofrageandfearfulvociferationsresoundedoutside.

           Theportlidswerepulleddownoutside.Twentyhorriblefacesappeared.Butthefirstnativewhoplacedhishandonthestair-rail,struckfrombehindbysomeinvisibleforce,Iknownotwhat,fled,utteringthemostfearfulcriesandmakingthewildestcontortions.

           Tenofhiscompanionsfollowedhim.Theymetwiththesamefate.

           Conseilwasinecstasy.NedLand,carriedawaybyhisviolentinstincts,rushedontothestaircase.Butthemomentheseizedtherailwithbothhands,he,inhisturn,wasoverthrown.

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