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Chapter 3. A Pearl Worth Ten Million

           ThismunificentcharityfromthemanofthewaterstothepoorCingalesewasacceptedwithatremblinghand.Hiswonderingeyesshowedthatheknewnottowhatsuper-humanbeingsheowedbothfortuneandlife.

           AtasignfromtheCaptainweregainedthebank,and,followingtheroadalreadytraversed,cameinabouthalfanhourtotheanchorwhichheldthecanoeoftheNautilustotheearth.

           Onceonboard,weeach,withthehelpofthesailors,gotridoftheheavycopperhelmet.

           CaptainNemo’sfirstwordwastotheCanadian.

           "Thankyou,MasterLand,"saidhe.

           "Itwasinrevenge,Captain,"repliedNedLand."Iowedyouthat."

           AghastlysmilepassedacrosstheCaptain’slips,andthatwasall.

           "TotheNautilus,"saidhe.

           Theboatflewoverthewaves.Someminutesafterwemettheshark’sdeadbodyfloating.Bytheblackmarkingoftheextremityofitsfins,IrecognisedtheterriblemelanopteronoftheIndianSeas,ofthespeciesofsharksoproperlycalled.Itwasmorethantwenty-fivefeetlong;itsenormousmouthoccupiedone-thirdofitsbody.Itwasanadult,aswasknownbyitssixrowsofteethplacedinanisoscelestriangleintheupperjaw.

           WhilstIwascontemplatingthisinertmass,adozenofthesevoraciousbeastsappearedroundtheboat;and,withoutnoticingus,threwthemselvesuponthedeadbodyandfoughtwithoneanotherforthepieces.

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