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           Then,allatonce,seizingthereporter’sarm,—

           "Itishe!Itcanonlybehe!"hecried,"he!—"

           Then,fallingbackontheseat,hemurmuredanamewhichGideonSpilettalonecouldhear.

           Thereporterevidentlyknewthisname,forithadawonderfuleffectuponhim,andheansweredinahoarsevoice,—

           "He!anoutlawedman!"

           "He!"saidHarding.

           Attheengineer’scommandtheboatapproachedthissingularfloatingapparatus.Theboattouchedtheleftside,fromwhichescapedarayoflightthroughathickglass.

           Hardingandhiscompanionsmountedontheplatform.Anopenhatchwaywasthere.Alldarteddowntheopening.

           Atthebottomoftheladderwasadeck,lightedbyelectricity.Attheendofthisdeckwasadoor,whichHardingopened.

           Arichly-ornamentedroom,quicklytraversedbythecolonists,wasjoinedtoalibrary,overwhichaluminousceilingshedafloodoflight.

           Attheendofthelibraryalargedoor,alsoshut,wasopenedbytheengineer.

           Animmensesaloon—asortofmuseum,inwhichwereheapedup,withallthetreasuresofthemineralworld,worksofart,marvelsofindustry—appearedbeforetheeyesofthecolonists,whoalmostthoughtthemselvessuddenlytransportedintoalandofenchantment.

           Stretchedonarichsofatheysawaman,whodidnotappeartonoticetheirpresence.

           ThenHardingraisedhisvoice,andtotheextremesurpriseofhiscompanions,heutteredthesewords,—

           "CaptainNemo,youaskedforus!Wearehere.—"