Captain
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"In the very heart of an extinct volcano," the
captain
answered me, "a volcano whose interior was invaded by the sea after some convulsion in the earth.
"I can see, captain, that nature is your obedient servant, any time or any place.
"So, captain, your men practice the trade of miners here?"
I thanked the
captain
and went to look for my two companions, who hadn't yet left their cabin.
However, this delicate question would have to be negotiated with the
captain.
I saw little of the
captain.
But the
captain
remained content with this method of refining my work, and he rarely discussed it with me.
Stationed in the lounge, the
captain
and I watched the needle swerving swiftly over the pressure gauge.
"Just this,
captain.
Would you still say,
Captain
Nemo, that we really know nothing?""No, professor," the
captain
replied, "I wouldn't be so discourteous.
"True," the
captain
put in.
And this whole sturdy mechanism would surely have given way, if, as its
captain
had said, it weren't capable of resisting like a solid block.
Look,
captain!
Before I had time to realize why the
captain
made this recommendation, I was hurled to the carpet.
Its fins set vertically, its propeller thrown in gear at the
captain'
s signal, the Nautilus rose with lightning speed, shooting upward like an air balloon into the sky.
I was beginning to think that the
captain'
s recklessness more than justified Ned Land's worst fears.
Whenever he encountered the captain, his eyes would flicker with dark fire, and I was in constant dread that his natural vehemence would cause him to do something rash.
"Because," I said, "if I can trust my hunches, if I truly understand the
captain'
s way of life, his Nautilus isn't simply a ship.
I'm tied hand and foot!""But Ned my friend," Conseil said, "why not ask
Captain
Nemo for permission to hunt--"Before Conseil could finish his sentence, Ned Land scooted down the hatch and ran to look for the
captain.
But the
captain
was right.
Eight miles to leeward, Professor Aronnax, can you see those blackish specks moving about?""Yes, captain," I replied.
"Well, captain," I said, "on behalf of the baleen whales, there's still time--""It's pointless to run any risks, professor.
Brandished in its
captain'
s hands, the Nautilus was simply a fearsome harpoon.
"It was a slaughter of destructive animals," the
captain
replied, "and the Nautilus is no butcher knife."
"To each his own," the
captain
replied, staring intently at Ned Land.
The
captain
offered me a cup of this still-warm milk.
The
captain
told me that many tribes of seals used to inhabit these shores; but English and American whalers, in a frenzy of destruction, slaughtered all the adults, including pregnant females, and where life and activity once existed, those fishermen left behind only silence and death.
"Sir," Ned Land told me that day, "if your
captain
goes any farther . .
Your
captain'
s a powerful man, but damnation, he isn't more powerful than nature.
Observing the situation for some while, the
captain
said to me:"Well, professor!
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