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I entered the captain's stateroom.
"Yes, sir.""But, captain, you have a tremendous speed of movement that doesn't square with the strength of electricity.
"It's marvelous," I replied, "and I truly see, captain, how right you are to use this force; it's sure to take the place of wind, water, and steam."
In essence, I was already familiar with the whole forward part of this underwater boat, and here are its exact subdivisions going from amidships to its spur: the dining room, 5 meters long and separated from the library by a watertight bulkhead, in other words, it couldn't be penetrated by the sea; the library, 5 meters long; the main lounge, 10 meters long, separated from the captain's stateroom by a second watertight bulkhead; the aforesaid stateroom, 5 meters long; mine, 2.5 meters long; and finally, air tanks 7.5 meters long and extending to the stempost.
I asked the captain what this ladder was for.
"Not at all, professor," the captain answered me after a slight hesitation, "since you'll never leave this underwater boat.
The captain placed before my eyes a working drawing that gave the ground plan, cross section, and side view of the Nautilus.
"So," the captain went on, "when the Nautilus lies on the waves under these conditions, one-tenth of it does emerge above water.
"Fine, captain, but now we come to a genuine difficulty.
"I'm all ears, captain."
"I accept your calculations, captain," I replied, "and I'd be ill-mannered to dispute them, since your daily experience bears them out.
"What are they, captain?"
"Bravo, captain!"
"Fair enough, captain, but if we're going to see, we need light to drive away the dark, and in the midst of the murky waters, I wonder how your helmsman can--""Set astern of the pilothouse is a powerful electric reflector whose rays light up the sea for a distance of half a mile."
Bravo three times over, captain!
And if it's true that the engineer has more confidence in a craft than the builder, and the builder more than the captain himself, you can understand the utter abandon with which I place my trust in this Nautilus, since I'm its captain, builder, and engineer all in one!"
The captain pressed an electric bell three times.
"Here we are," the captain said.
There the captain fixed his position and used a chronometer to calculate his longitude, which he double-checked against his previous observations of hour angles.
I asked quickly, hoping the captain's reply might give me a clue to his nationality.
"And now, professor," the captain added, "I'll leave you to your intellectual pursuits.
"I see our captain's way of life!
They were astonished at the captain's inexplicable absence.
I was prepared to greet Captain Nemo, but it was his chief officer who appeared--whom I had already met during our first visit with the captain.
"Well then, captain, how is it that you've severed all ties with the shore, yet you own forests on Crespo Island?""Professor," the captain answered me, "these forests of mine don't bask in the heat and light of the sun.
"Professor Aronnax," the captain told me, "I beg you to share my breakfast without formality.
Our beverage consisted of clear water to which, following the captain's example, I added some drops of a fermented liquor extracted by the Kamchatka process from the seaweed known by name as Rhodymenia palmata.
"But, captain, believe me--""Kindly listen to me, and you'll see if you have grounds for accusing me of insanity or self-contradiction."
"I'll only ask you, captain: how can you light your way at the bottom of the ocean?""With the Ruhmkorff device, Professor Aronnax.
However, though I have no choice but to accept both the Rouquayrol and Ruhmkorff devices, I'd like to register some reservations about the rifle with which you'll equip me.""But it isn't a rifle that uses gunpowder," the captain replied.
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