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Chapter 21. A Mass Execution

           TenyardsfrommeIsawtheopenshell,throughwhichthewaterwasrushingwiththenoiseofthunder,thenthedoublelineofgunsandthenetting.Thebridgewascoveredwithblack,agitatedshadows.

           Thewaterwasrising.Thepoorcreatureswerecrowdingtheratlines,clingingtothemasts,strugglingunderthewater.Itwasahumanant-heapovertakenbythesea.Paralysed,stiffenedwithanguish,myhairstandingonend,witheyeswideopen,panting,withoutbreath,andwithoutvoice,Itoowaswatching!Anirresistibleattractiongluedmetotheglass!Suddenlyanexplosiontookplace.Thecompressedairblewupherdecks,asifthemagazineshadcaughtfire.Thentheunfortunatevesselsankmorerapidly.Hertopmast,ladenwithvictims,nowappeared;thenherspars,bendingundertheweightofmen;and,lastofall,thetopofhermainmast.Thenthedarkmassdisappeared,andwithitthedeadcrew,drawndownbythestrongeddy.

           IturnedtoCaptainNemo.Thatterribleavenger,aperfectarchangelofhatred,wasstilllooking.Whenallwasover,heturnedtohisroom,openedthedoor,andentered.Ifollowedhimwithmyeyes.Ontheendwallbeneathhisheroes,Isawtheportraitofawoman,stillyoung,andtwolittlechildren.CaptainNemolookedatthemforsomemoments,stretchedhisarmstowardsthem,and,kneelingdown,burstintodeepsobs.

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