Chapter 19. The Gulf Stream

           Thisterriblesceneofthe20thofAprilnoneofuscaneverforget.Ihavewrittenitundertheinfluenceofviolentemotion.SincethenIhaverevisedtherecital;IhavereadittoConseilandtotheCanadian.Theyfounditexactastofacts,butinsufficientastoeffect.Topaintsuchpictures,onemusthavethepenofthemostillustriousofourpoets,theauthorofTheToilersoftheDeep.

           IhavesaidthatCaptainNemoweptwhilewatchingthewaves;hisgriefwasgreat.Itwasthesecondcompanionhehadlostsinceourarrivalonboard,andwhatadeath!Thatfriend,crushed,stifled,bruisedbythedreadfularmsofapoulp,poundedbyhisironjaws,wouldnotrestwithhiscomradesinthepeacefulcoralcemetery!Inthemidstofthestruggle,itwasthedespairingcryutteredbytheunfortunatemanthathadtornmyheart.ThepoorFrenchman,forgettinghisconventionallanguage,hadtakentohisownmothertongue,toutteralastappeal!AmongstthecrewoftheNautilus,associatedwiththebodyandsouloftheCaptain,recoilinglikehimfromallcontactwithmen,Ihadafellow-countryman.DidhealonerepresentFranceinthismysteriousassociation,evidentlycomposedofindividualsofdiversnationalities?Itwasoneoftheseinsolubleproblemsthatroseupunceasinglybeforemymind!

           CaptainNemoenteredhisroom,andIsawhimnomoreforsometime.ButthathewassadandirresoluteIcouldseebythevessel,ofwhichhewasthesoul,andwhichreceivedallhisimpressions.TheNautilusdidnotkeeponinitssettledcourse;itfloatedaboutlikeacorpseatthewillofthewaves.Itwentatrandom.Hecouldnottearhimselfawayfromthesceneofthelaststruggle,fromthisseathathaddevouredoneofhismen.

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