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Then, following the captain's example, I let myself be crowned with my heavy copper sphere, and our air tanks immediately went into action.
We had to follow the captain, who headed down trails seemingly known only to himself.
The captain approached and stuck his dagger vertically between the shells to discourage any ideas about closing; then with his hands he raised the fringed, membrane-filled tunic that made up the animal's mantle.
But the captain stopped me, signaled no, removed his dagger in one swift motion, and let the two valves snap shut.
The captain alone was familiar with the cave where this wonderful fruit of nature was "ripening"; he alone reared it, so to speak, in order to transfer it one day to his dearly beloved museum.
In any case, comparing this pearl to others I already knew about, and to those shimmering in the captain's collection, I estimated that it was worth at least 10,000,000 francs.
Bracing himself, he waited for the fearsome man-eater with wonderful composure, and when the latter rushed at him, the captain leaped aside with prodigious quickness, avoided a collision, and sank his dagger into its belly.
Nothing else until the moment when, through a rift in the clouds, I saw the daring captain clinging to one of the animal's fins, fighting the monster at close quarters, belaboring his enemy's belly with stabs of the dagger yet unable to deliver the deciding thrust, in other words, a direct hit to the heart.
I wanted to run to the captain's rescue.
The captain fell to the seafloor, toppled by the enormous mass weighing him down.
Meanwhile Ned Land pulled the captain clear.
Fortunately, after vigorous massaging by Conseil and the captain, I saw the nearly drowned man regain consciousness little by little.
At the captain's signal we returned to the bank of shellfish, and retracing our steps, we walked for half an hour until we encountered the anchor connecting the seafloor with the Nautilus's skiff.
"Tit for tat, captain," Ned Land replied.
The ghost of a smile glided across the captain's lips, and that was all.
"We're going, Mr. Ned, where the captain's fancy takes us."
"Indeed," the captain replied with a smile, "and in this respect, the moderns aren't much farther along than the ancients.
But since you seem to have made a special study of this sea, captain, can you tell me how it got its name?""Many explanations exist on the subject, Professor Aronnax.
"Well, captain, what the ancients hesitated to undertake, Mr. de Lesseps is now finishing up; his joining of these two seas will shorten the route from Cadiz to the East Indies by 9,000 kilometers, and he'll soon change Africa into an immense island."
"Oh really?""Yes, captain, although since I've been aboard your vessel, I should have formed the habit of not being amazed by anything!"
"Sir," the captain answered me, "there can be no secrets between men who will never leave each other."
"After all, I'd like nothing better than to believe in your captain's little passageway, and may Heaven grant it really does take us to the Mediterranean."
"Only," the captain went on, "I urge you to aim carefully at this animal, in your own personal interest."
"Yes, sometimes," the captain replied.
"In that case, captain," Conseil said in all seriousness, "on the offchance that this creature might be the last of its line, wouldn't it be advisable to spare its life, in the interests of science?""Maybe," the Canadian answered, "it would be better to hunt it down, in the interests of mealtime."
"Aren't you coming, captain?"
I turned and discovered the captain.
Just as I was about to repair to my stateroom, the captain stopped me.
Electric wires linked the pilothouse with the engine room, and from this cabin the captain could simultaneously signal heading and speed to his Nautilus.
"You're right, professor, and your captain's a superman.
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