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Chapter 15. Accident or Incident?

           Thepartitionswerenearingtheupright.Noonespoke.Withbeatingheartswewatchedandfeltthestraightening.Theboardsbecamehorizontalunderourfeet.Tenminutespassed.

           "Atlastwehaverighted!"Iexclaimed.

           "Yes,"saidCaptainNemo,goingtothedoorofthesaloon.

           "Butarewefloating?"Iasked.

           "Certainly,"hereplied;"sincethereservoirsarenotempty;and,whenempty,theNautilusmustrisetothesurfaceofthesea."

           Wewereinopensea;butatadistanceofabouttenyards,oneithersideoftheNautilus,roseadazzlingwallofice.Aboveandbeneaththesamewall.Above,becausethelowersurfaceoftheicebergstretchedoveruslikeanimmenseceiling.Beneath,becausetheoverturnedblock,havingslidbydegrees,hadfoundaresting-placeonthelateralwalls,whichkeptitinthatposition.TheNautiluswasreallyimprisonedinaperfecttunneloficemorethantwentyyardsinbreadth,filledwithquietwater.Itwaseasytogetoutofitbygoingeitherforwardorbackward,andthenmakeafreepassageundertheiceberg,somehundredsofyardsdeeper.Theluminousceilinghadbeenextinguished,butthesaloonwasstillresplendentwithintenselight.Itwasthepowerfulreflectionfromtheglasspartitionsentviolentlybacktothesheetsofthelantern.Icannotdescribetheeffectofthevoltaicraysuponthegreatblockssocapriciouslycut;uponeveryangle,everyridge,everyfacetwasthrownadifferentlight,accordingtothenatureoftheveinsrunningthroughtheice;adazzlingmineofgems,particularlyofsapphires,theirbluerayscrossingwiththegreenoftheemerald.

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