Youth
The panels had closed on this dreadful vision, but light had not returned to the saloon: all was silence and darkness within the Nautilus. At
The Atlantic! a vast sheet of water whose superficial area covers twenty-five millions of square miles, the length of which is nine thousand miles, with
On the 28th of February, when at noon the Nautilus came to the surface of the sea, in 9@ 4′ N. lat., there was land
The Merchant said, “Will we be taking off soon?” “Half an hour,” said the Explorer. It was going to be a lonely trip back. All
The Industrialist stared, looked at the Astronomer, turned to stare again. “Those?” “Those,” said the Astronomer. “I have no doubt we appear strange and repulsive
Thus ends the voyage under the seas. What passed during that night– how the boat escaped from the eddies of the maelstrom– how Ned Land,
The way of describing this unlooked-for scene, the history of the patriot ship, told at first so coldly, and the emotion with which this strange
In consequence of the storm, we had been thrown eastward once more. All hope of escape on the shores of New York or St. Lawrence
This dreadful scene on April 20 none of us will ever be able to forget. I wrote it up in a state of intense excitement.
How I got into the platform I’m unable to say. Perhaps the Canadian transferred me there. But I could breathe, I could inhale the life–giving
I rushed on to the platform. Yes! the open sea, with but a few scattered pieces of ice and moving icebergs–a long stretch of sea;
The next morning, the 19th of February, I saw the Canadian enter my room. I expected this visit. He looked very disappointed. “Well, sir?” said
The next day, the 12th of February, at the dawn of day, the Nautilus rose to the surface. I hastened on to the platform. Three
We now come to the second part of our journey under the sea. The first ended with the moving scene in the coral cemetery which
The next day was the 9th of November. I awoke after a long sleep of twelve hours. Conseil came, according to custom, to know “how
It was twilight. The Industrialist had entirely missed the evening meal and remained unaware of the fact. He said, “Do you really think the ship
Red and Slim had trailed their elders with the experience of youth, aided by the absorption and anxiety of their fathers. Their view of the
The Astronomer entered the dining room with decorum. He felt very much the guest. He said, “Where are the youngsters? My son isn’t in his
There was a spatter of pebbles against the window and the youngster stirred in his sleep. Another, and he was awake. He sat up stiffly
For some days the Nautilus kept veering away from the American coast. It obviously didn’t want to frequent the waves of the Gulf of Mexico
We looked at the edge of the forest without rising, my hand stopping in the action of putting it to my mouth, Ned Land’s completing