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Chapter 22. The Last Words of Captain Nemo

           ItisthitherthattheNautilus,voluntarilyorinvoluntarily,hadbeenrunbytheCaptain.

           Itwasdescribingaspiral,thecircumferenceofwhichwaslesseningbydegrees,andtheboat,whichwasstillfastenedtoitsside,wascarriedalongwithgiddyspeed.Ifeltthatsicklygiddinesswhicharisesfromlong-continuedwhirlinground.

           Wewereindread.Ourhorrorwasatitsheight,circulationhadstopped,allnervousinfluencewasannihilated,andwewerecoveredwithcoldsweat,likeasweatofagony!Andwhatnoisearoundourfrailbark!Whatroaringsrepeatedbytheechomilesaway!Whatanuproarwasthatofthewatersbrokenonthesharprocksatthebottom,wherethehardestbodiesarecrushed,andtreeswornaway,"withallthefurrubbedoff,"accordingtotheNorwegianphrase!

           Whatasituationtobein!Werockedfrightfully.TheNautilusdefendeditselflikeahumanbeing.Itssteelmusclescracked.Sometimesitseemedtostandupright,andwewithit!

           "Wemustholdon,"saidNed,"andlookafterthebolts.WemaystillbesavedifwesticktotheNautilus."

           Hehadnotfinishedthewords,whenweheardacrashingnoise,theboltsgaveway,andtheboat,tornfromitsgroove,washurledlikeastonefromaslingintothemidstofthewhirlpool.

           Myheadstruckonapieceofiron,andwiththeviolentshockIlostallconsciousness.

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