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Chapter 19. The Gulf Stream

           Wewerenearingthoseshoreswheretempestsaresofrequent,thatcountryofwaterspoutsandcyclonesactuallyengenderedbythecurrentoftheGulfStream.Totempttheseainafrailboatwascertaindestruction.NedLandownedthishimself.Hefretted,seizedwithnostalgiathatflightonlycouldcure.

           "Master,"hesaidthatdaytome,"thismustcometoanend.Imustmakeacleanbreastofit.ThisNemoisleavinglandandgoinguptothenorth.ButIdeclaretoyouthatIhavehadenoughoftheSouthPole,andIwillnotfollowhimtotheNorth."

           "Whatistobedone,Ned,sinceflightisimpracticablejustnow?"

           "WemustspeaktotheCaptain,"saidhe;"yousaidnothingwhenwewereinyournativeseas.Iwillspeak,nowweareinmine.WhenIthinkthatbeforelongtheNautiluswillbebyNovaScotia,andthattherenearNewfoundlandisalargebay,andintothatbaytheSt.Lawrenceemptiesitself,andthattheSt.Lawrenceismyriver,theriverbyQuebec,mynativetownwhenIthinkofthis,Ifeelfurious,itmakesmyhairstandonend.Sir,Iwouldratherthrowmyselfintothesea!Iwillnotstayhere!Iamstifled!"

           TheCanadianwasevidentlylosingallpatience.Hisvigorousnaturecouldnotstandthisprolongedimprisonment.Hisfacealtereddaily;histemperbecamemoresurly.Iknewwhathemustsuffer,forIwasseizedwithhome-sicknessmyself.Nearlysevenmonthshadpassedwithoutourhavinghadanynewsfromland;CaptainNemo’sisolation,hisalteredspirits,especiallysincethefightwiththepoulps,histaciturnity,allmademeviewthingsinadifferentlight.

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