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Chapter 10. The Man of the Waters

           CaptainNemocalled.Astewardappeared.ThecaptaingavehimhisordersinthatstrangelanguagewhichIdidnotunderstand.Then,turningtowardstheCanadianandConseil:

           "Arepastawaitsyouinyourcabin,"saidhe."Besogoodastofollowthisman.

           "Andnow,M.Aronnax,ourbreakfastisready.Permitmetoleadtheway."

           "Iamatyourservice,Captain."

           IfollowedCaptainNemo;andassoonasIhadpassedthroughthedoor,Ifoundmyselfinakindofpassagelightedbyelectricity,similartothewaistofaship.Afterwehadproceededadozenyards,aseconddooropenedbeforeme.

           Ithenenteredadining-room,decoratedandfurnishedinseveretaste.Highoakensideboards,inlaidwithebony,stoodatthetwoextremitiesoftheroom,andupontheirshelvesglitteredchina,porcelain,andglassofinestimablevalue.Theplateonthetablesparkledintherayswhichtheluminousceilingshedaround,whilethelightwastemperedandsoftenedbyexquisitepaintings.

           Inthecentreoftheroomwasatablerichlylaidout.CaptainNemoindicatedtheplaceIwastooccupy.

           Thebreakfastconsistedofacertainnumberofdishes,thecontentsofwhichwerefurnishedbytheseaalone;andIwasignorantofthenatureandmodeofpreparationofsomeofthem.

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