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           Butasatthistimethe"Nautilus"wasdrawnintothevortexofthemaelstrom,offthecoastofNorway,thecaptainnaturallybelievedthatthefugitives,engulfedinthatfrightfulwhirlpool,foundtheirdeathatthebottomoftheabyss.HewasunawarethattheFrenchmanandhistwocompanionshadbeenmiraculouslycastonshore,thatthefishermenoftheLofotenIslandshadrenderedthemassistance,andthattheprofessor,onhisreturntoFrance,hadpublishedthatworkinwhichsevenmonthsofthestrangeandeventfulnavigationofthe"Nautilus"werenarratedandexposedtothecuriosityofthepublic.

           Foralongtimealterthis,CaptainNemocontinuedtolivethus,traversingeverysea.Butonebyonehiscompanionsdied,andfoundtheirlastresting-placeintheircemeteryofcoral,inthebedofthePacific.AtlastCaptainNemoremainedthesolitarysurvivorofallthosewhohadtakenrefugewithhiminthedepthsoftheocean.

           Hewasnowsixtyyearsofage.Althoughalone,hesucceededinnavigatingthe"Nautilus"towardsoneofthosesubmarinecavernswhichhadsometimesservedhimasaharbor.

           OneoftheseportswashollowedbeneathLincolnIsland,andatthismomentfurnishedanasylumtothe"Nautilus."

           Thecaptainhadnowremainedtheresixyears,navigatingtheoceannolonger,butawaitingdeath,andthatmomentwhenheshouldrejoinhisformercompanions,whenbychanceheobservedthedescentoftheballoonwhichcarriedtheprisonersoftheConfederates.

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