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Chapter 19. The Gulf Stream

           Iretired.Oursituationwascritical.Irelatedmyconversationtomytwocompanions.

           "Weknownow,"saidNed,"thatwecanexpectnothingfromthisman.TheNautilusisnearingLongIsland.Wewillescape,whatevertheweathermaybe."

           Buttheskybecamemoreandmorethreatening.Symptomsofahurricanebecamemanifest.Theatmospherewasbecomingwhiteandmisty.Onthehorizonfinestreaksofcirrhouscloudsweresucceededbymassesofcumuli.Otherlowcloudspassedswiftlyby.Theswollensearoseinhugebillows.Thebirdsdisappearedwiththeexceptionofthepetrels,thosefriendsofthestorm.Thebarometerfellsensibly,andindicatedanextremeextensionofthevapours.Themixtureofthestormglasswasdecomposedundertheinfluenceoftheelectricitythatpervadedtheatmosphere.Thetempestburstonthe18thofMay,justastheNautiluswasfloatingoffLongIsland,somemilesfromtheportofNewYork.Icandescribethisstrifeoftheelements!for,insteadoffleeingtothedepthsofthesea,CaptainNemo,byanunaccountablecaprice,wouldbraveitatthesurface.Thewindblewfromthesouth-westatfirst.CaptainNemo,duringthesqualls,hadtakenhisplaceontheplatform.Hehadmadehimselffast,topreventbeingwashedoverboardbythemonstrouswaves.Ihadhoistedmyselfup,andmademyselffastalso,dividingmyadmirationbetweenthetempestandthisextraordinarymanwhowascopingwithit.Theragingseawassweptbyhugecloud-drifts,whichwereactuallysaturatedwiththewaves.TheNautilus,sometimeslyingonitsside,sometimesstandinguplikeamast,rolledandpitchedterribly.Aboutfiveo’clockatorrentofrainfell,thatlulledneitherseanorwind.

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