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Chapter 21. A Mass Execution

           AndontheforepartoftheplatformCaptainNemounfurledablackflag,similartotheonehehadplacedattheSouthPole.AtthatmomentashotstrucktheshelloftheNautilusobliquely,withoutpiercingit;and,reboundingneartheCaptain,waslostinthesea.Heshruggedhisshoulders;and,addressingme,saidshortly,"Godown,youandyourcompanions,godown!"

           "Sir,"Icried,"areyougoingtoattackthisvessel?"

           "Sir,Iamgoingtosinkit."

           "Youwillnotdothat?"

           "Ishalldoit,"herepliedcoldly."AndIadviseyounottojudgeme,sir.Fatehasshownyouwhatyououghtnottohaveseen.Theattackhasbegun;godown."

           "Whatisthisvessel?"

           "Youdonotknow?Verywell!somuchthebetter!Itsnationalitytoyou,atleast,willbeasecret.Godown!"

           Wecouldbutobey.AboutfifteenofthesailorssurroundedtheCaptain,lookingwithimplacablehatredatthevesselnearingthem.Onecouldfeelthatthesamedesireofvengeanceanimatedeverysoul.IwentdownatthemomentanotherprojectilestrucktheNautilus,andIheardtheCaptainexclaim:

           "Strike,madvessel!Showeryouruselessshot!Andthen,youwillnotescapethespuroftheNautilus.Butitisnotherethatyoushallperish!IwouldnothaveyourruinsminglewiththoseoftheAvenger!"

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