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Chapter 21. A Mass Execution

           "Sir,"saidNedLand,"ifthatvesselpasseswithinamileofusIshallthrowmyselfintothesea,andIshouldadviseyoutodothesame."

           IdidnotreplytotheCanadian’ssuggestion,butcontinuedwatchingtheship.WhetherEnglish,French,American,orRussian,shewouldbesuretotakeusinifwecouldonlyreachher.Presentlyawhitesmokeburstfromtheforepartofthevessel;somesecondsafter,thewater,agitatedbythefallofaheavybody,splashedthesternoftheNautilus,andshortlyafterwardsaloudexplosionstruckmyear.

           "What!theyarefiringatus!"Iexclaimed.

           "Sopleaseyou,sir,"saidNed,"theyhaverecognisedtheunicorn,andtheyarefiringatus."

           "But,"Iexclaimed,"surelytheycanseethattherearemeninthecase?"

           "Itis,perhaps,becauseofthat,"repliedNedLand,lookingatme.

           Awholefloodoflightburstuponmymind.Doubtlesstheyknewnowhowtobelievethestoriesofthepretendedmonster.Nodoubt,onboardtheAbrahamLincoln,whentheCanadianstruckitwiththeharpoon,CommanderFarraguthadrecognisedinthesupposednarwhalasubmarinevessel,moredangerousthanasupernaturalcetacean.Yes,itmusthavebeenso;andoneveryseatheywerenowseekingthisengineofdestruction.Terribleindeed!if,aswesupposed,CaptainNemoemployedtheNautilusinworksofvengeance.Onthenightwhenwewereimprisonedinthatcell,inthemidstoftheIndianOcean,hadhenotattackedsomevessel?Themanburiedinthecoralcemetery,hadhenotbeenavictimtotheshockcausedbytheNautilus?

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