Captain
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"We have nothing to fear from the captain, but neither do I share Conseil's views.
So I didn't allude to this event when, that evening, I chanced to be alone with the
captain
in the lounge.
The
captain
didn't reply but went to lean against the window.
"Don't be alarmed," the
captain
told me.
Water is his true element, and he lives in the sea more than on shore, going constantly from one island to another, even to Crete.""You know him, captain?""Why not, Professor Aronnax?"
Just then, ignoring my presence, the
captain
opened this cabinet, a sort of safe that contained a large number of ingots.
How had the
captain
amassed this gold, and what was he about to do with it?
This done, the
captain
pressed a button whose wiring was in communication with the crew's quarters.
"I wasn't saying a thing, captain."
"I've detected as much, captain," I replied, "and if it gets even slightly hotter, we won't be able to stand it."
"Near the island of Santorini, professor," the
captain
answered me, "and right in the channel that separates the volcanic islets of Nea Kameni and Palea Kameni.
"We can't stay any longer in this boiling water," I told the
captain.
I wanted to avoid the captain, to hide from his eyes the agitation overwhelming me.
I hadn't seen the
captain
since our visit to the island of Santorini.
Crossing through the lounge, I arrived at the door, contrived in one of the canted corners, that opened into the
captain'
s stateroom.
A few minutes before nine o'clock, I glued my ear to the
captain'
s door.
"The most learned men," the
captain
said, "still have much to learn.
The
captain
stretched out on a couch, and I mechanically took a seat near him, but half in the shadows.
"I'm listening, captain," I said, not knowing what my partner in this dialogue was driving at, and wondering if this incident related to our escape plans.
The
captain
stood up and invited me to follow him.
"I understand,
captain.
That damned
captain
had to call a halt just as we were going to escape from his boat."
I then related the evening's incidents to the Canadian, secretly hoping he would come around to the idea of not deserting the captain; but my narrative had no result other than Ned's voicing deep regret that he hadn't strolled across the Vigo battlefield on his own behalf.
"Propose away, captain."
The roads aren't terribly well kept up.""Everything you say, captain, just increases my curiosity.
I commented on this to the
captain.
I thought I hadn't heard him right, but I couldn't repeat my comment because the
captain'
s head had already disappeared into its metal covering.
I wanted to ask the captain, but I still didn't grasp that sign language that allowed him to chat with his companions when they went with him on his underwater excursions.
The
captain
stood up and took one last look at these immense plains; then his hand signaled me to follow him.
The
captain
walked straight toward it, and we were back on board just as the first glimmers of dawn were whitening the surface of the ocean.
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