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Chapter 5. Arabian Tunnel

           "No,sir;forthatreasonIamaccustomedtogointothesteersman’scageandmyselfdirectourcourse.Andnow,ifyouwillgodown,M.Aronnax,theNautilusisgoingunderthewaves,andwillnotreturntothesurfaceuntilwehavepassedthroughtheArabianTunnel."

           CaptainNemoledmetowardsthecentralstaircase;halfwaydownheopenedadoor,traversedtheupperdeck,andlandedinthepilot’scage,whichitmayberememberedroseattheextremityoftheplatform.Itwasacabinmeasuringsixfeetsquare,verymuchlikethatoccupiedbythepilotonthesteamboatsoftheMississippiorHudson.Inthemidstworkedawheel,placedvertically,andcaughttothetiller-rope,whichrantothebackoftheNautilus.Fourlight-portswithlenticularglasses,letinagrooveinthepartitionofthecabin,allowedthemanatthewheeltoseeinalldirections.

           Thiscabinwasdark;butsoonmyeyesaccustomedthemselvestotheobscurity,andIperceivedthepilot,astrongman,withhishandsrestingonthespokesofthewheel.Outside,theseaappearedvividlylitupbythelantern,whichsheditsraysfromthebackofthecabintotheotherextremityoftheplatform.

           "Now,"saidCaptainNemo,"letustrytomakeourpassage."

           Electricwiresconnectedthepilot’scagewiththemachineryroom,andfromtheretheCaptaincouldcommunicatesimultaneouslytohisNautilusthedirectionandthespeed.Hepressedametalknob,andatoncethespeedofthescrewdiminished.

           Ilookedinsilenceatthehighstraightwallwewererunningbyatthismoment,theimmovablebaseofamassivesandycoast.Wefolloweditthusforanhouronlysomefewyardsoff.

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