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Chapter 3. A Pearl Worth Ten Million

           ThevoraciouscreatureshottowardstheIndian,whothrewhimselfononesidetoavoidtheshark’sfins;butnotitstail,foritstruckhischestandstretchedhimontheground.

           Thisscenelastedbutafewseconds:thesharkreturned,and,turningonhisback,preparedhimselfforcuttingtheIndianintwo,whenIsawCaptainNemorisesuddenly,andthen,daggerinhand,walkstraighttothemonster,readytofightfacetofacewithhim.Theverymomentthesharkwasgoingtosnaptheunhappyfishermanintwo,heperceivedhisnewadversary,and,turningover,madestraighttowardshim.

           IcanstillseeCaptainNemo’sposition.Holdinghimselfwelltogether,hewaitedforthesharkwithadmirablecoolness;and,whenitrushedathim,threwhimselfononesidewithwonderfulquickness,avoidingtheshock,andburyinghisdaggerdeepintoitsside.Butitwasnotallover.Aterriblecombatensued.

           Thesharkhadseemedtoroar,ifImightsayso.Thebloodrushedintorrentsfromitswound.Theseawasdyedred,andthroughtheopaqueliquidIcoulddistinguishnothingmore.Nothingmoreuntilthemomentwhen,likelightning,IsawtheundauntedCaptainhangingontooneofthecreature’sfins,struggling,asitwere,handtohandwiththemonster,anddealingsuccessiveblowsathisenemy,yetstillunabletogiveadecisiveone.

           Theshark’sstrugglesagitatedthewaterwithsuchfurythattherockingthreatenedtoupsetme.

           IwantedtogototheCaptain’sassistance,but,nailedtothespotwithhorror,Icouldnotstir.

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