Atbreakofdaythecolonistsregainedinsilencetheentranceofthecavern,towhichtheygavethenameof"DakkarGrotto,"inmemoryofCaptainNemo.Itwasnowlow-water,andtheypassedwithoutdifficultyunderthearcade,washedontherightbythesea.

           Thecanoewaslefthere,carefullyprotectedfromthewaves.Asadditionalprecaution,Pencroft,Neb,andAyrtondrewituponalittlebeachwhichborderedoneofthesidesofthegrotto,inaspotwhereitcouldrunnoriskofharm.

           Thestormhadceasedduringthenight.Thelastlowmutteringsofthethunderdiedawayinthewest.Rainfellnolonger,buttheskywasyetobscuredbyclouds.Onthewhole,thismonthofOctober,thefirstofthesouthernspring,wasnotusheredinbysatisfactorytokens,andthewindhadatendencytoshiftfromonepointofthecompasstoanother,whichrendereditimpossibletocountuponsettledweather.

           CyrusHardingandhiscompanions,onleavingDakkarGrotto,hadtakentheroadtothecorral.OntheirwayNebandHerbertwerecarefultopreservethewirewhichhadbeenlaiddownbythecaptainbetweenthecorralandthegrotto,andwhichmightatafuturetimebeofservice.

           Thecolonistsspokebutlittleontheroad.ThevariousincidentsofthenightofOctober15thhadleftaprofoundimpressionontheirminds.Theunknownbeingwhoseinfluencehadsoeffectuallyprotectedthem,themanwhomtheirimaginationhadendowedwithsupernaturalpowers,CaptainNemo,wasnomore.His"Nautilus"andhewereburiedinthedepthsoftheabyss.

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