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1VIGO BAY The Atlantic! a vast sheet of water whose superficial area covers twenty-five millions of square miles, the
2length of which is nine thousand miles, with a mean breadth of two thousand seven hundred--an ocean whose parallel
3winding shores embrace an immense circumference, watered by the largest rivers of the world, the St. Lawrence, the
4Mississippi, the Amazon, the Plata, the Orinoco, the Niger, the Senegal, the Elbe, the Loire, and the Rhine, which carry
5water from the most civilised, as well as from the most savage, countries! Magnificent field of water, incessantly
6ploughed by vessels of every nation, sheltered by the flags of every nation, and which terminates in those two terrible
7points so dreaded by mariners, Cape Horn and the Cape of Tempests. The Nautilus was piercing the water with its sharp
8spur, after having accomplished nearly ten thousand leagues in three months and a half, a distance greater than the
9great circle of the earth. Where were we going now, and what was reserved for the future? The Nautilus, leaving the
10Straits of Gibraltar, had gone far out. It returned to the surface of the waves, and our daily walks on the platform
11were restored to us. I mounted at once, accompanied by Ned Land and Conseil. At a distance of about twelve miles, Cape
12St. Vincent was dimly to be seen, forming the south-western point of the Spanish peninsula. A strong southerly gale was
13blowing. The sea was swollen and billowy; it made the Nautilus rock violently. It was almost impossible to keep one's
14foot on the platform, which the heavy rolls of the sea beat over every instant. So we descended after inhaling some
15mouthfuls of fresh air. I returned to my room, Conseil to his cabin; but the Canadian, with a preoccupied air, followed
16me. Our rapid passage across the Mediterranean had not allowed him to put his project into execution, and he could not
17help showing his disappointment. When the door of my room was shut, he sat down and looked at me silently. "Friend Ned,"
18said I, "I understand you; but you cannot reproach yourself. To have attempted to leave the Nautilus under the
19circumstances would have been folly." Ned Land did not answer; his compressed lips and frowning brow showed with him the
20violent possession this fixed idea had taken of his mind. "Let us see," I continued; "we need not despair yet. We are
21going up the coast of Portugal again; France and England are not far off, where we can easily find refuge. Now if the
22Nautilus, on leaving the Straits of Gibraltar, had gone to the south, if it had carried us towards regions where there
23were no continents, I should share your uneasiness. But we know now that Captain Nemo does not fly from civilised seas,
24and in some days I think you can act with security." Ned Land still looked at me fixedly; at length his fixed lips
25parted, and he said, "It is for to-night." I drew myself up suddenly. I was, I admit, little prepared for this
26communication. I wanted to answer the Canadian, but words would not come. "We agreed to wait for an opportunity,"
27continued Ned Land, "and the opportunity has arrived. This night we shall be but a few miles from the Spanish coast. It
28is cloudy. The wind blows freely. I have your word, M. Aronnax, and I rely upon you." As I was silent, the Canadian
29approached me. "To-night, at nine o'clock," said he. "I have warned Conseil. At that moment Captain Nemo will be shut up
30in his room, probably in bed. Neither the engineers nor the ship's crew can see us. Conseil and I will gain the central
31staircase, and you, M. Aronnax, will remain in the library, two steps from us, waiting my signal. The oars, the mast,
32and the sail are in the canoe. I have even succeeded in getting some provisions. I have procured an English wrench, to
33unfasten the bolts which attach it to the shell of the Nautilus. So all is ready, till to-night." "The sea is bad."
34"That I allow," replied the Canadian; "but we must risk that. Liberty is worth paying for; besides, the boat is strong,
35and a few miles with a fair wind to carry us is no great thing. Who knows but by to-morrow we may be a hundred leagues
36away? Let circumstances only favour us, and by ten or eleven o'clock we shall have landed on some spot of terra firma,
37alive or dead. But adieu now till to-night." With these words the Canadian withdrew, leaving me almost dumb. I had
38imagined that, the chance gone, I should have time to reflect and discuss the matter. My obstinate companion had given
39me no time; and, after all, what could I have said to him? Ned Land was perfectly right. There was almost the
40opportunity to profit by. Could I retract my word, and take upon myself the responsibility of compromising the future of
41my companions? To-morrow Captain Nemo might take us far from all land. At that moment a rather loud hissing noise told
42me that the reservoirs were filling, and that the Nautilus was sinking under the waves of the Atlantic. A sad day I
43passed, between the desire of regaining my liberty of action and of abandoning the wonderful Nautilus, and leaving my
44submarine studies incomplete. What dreadful hours I passed thus! Sometimes seeing myself and companions safely landed,
45sometimes wishing, in spite of my reason, that some unforeseen circumstance, would prevent the realisation of Ned Land's
46project. Twice I went to the saloon. I wished to consult the compass. I wished to see if the direction the Nautilus was
47taking was bringing us nearer or taking us farther from the coast. But no; the Nautilus kept in Portuguese waters. I
48must therefore take my part and prepare for flight. My luggage was not heavy; my notes, nothing more. As to Captain
49Nemo, I asked myself what he would think of our escape; what trouble, what wrong it might cause him and what he might do
50in case of its discovery or failure. Certainly I had no cause to complain of him; on the contrary, never was hospitality
51freer than his. In leaving him I could not be taxed with ingratitude. No oath bound us to him. It was on the strength of
52circumstances he relied, and not upon our word, to fix us for ever. I had not seen the Captain since our visit to the
53Island of Santorin. Would chance bring me to his presence before our departure? I wished it, and I feared it at the same
54time. I listened if I could hear him walking the room contiguous to mine. No sound reached my ear. I felt an unbearable
55uneasiness. This day of waiting seemed eternal. Hours struck too slowly to keep pace with my impatience. My dinner was
56served in my room as usual. I ate but little; I was too preoccupied. I left the table at seven o'clock. A hundred and
57twenty minutes (I counted them) still separated me from the moment in which I was to join Ned Land. My agitation
58redoubled. My pulse beat violently. I could not remain quiet. I went and came, hoping to calm my troubled spirit by
59constant movement. The idea of failure in our bold enterprise was the least painful of my anxieties; but the thought of
60seeing our project discovered before leaving the Nautilus, of being brought before Captain Nemo, irritated, or (what was
61worse) saddened, at my desertion, made my heart beat. I wanted to see the saloon for the last time. I descended the
62stairs and arrived in the museum, where I had passed so many useful and agreeable hours. I looked at all its riches, all
63its treasures, like a man on the eve of an eternal exile, who was leaving never to return. These wonders of Nature,
64these masterpieces of art, amongst which for so many days my life had been concentrated, I was going to abandon them for
65ever! I should like to have taken a last look through the windows of the saloon into the waters of the Atlantic: but the
66panels were hermetically closed, and a cloak of steel separated me from that ocean which I had not yet explored. In
67passing through the saloon, I came near the door let into the angle which opened into the Captain's room. To my great
68surprise, this door was ajar. I drew back involuntarily. If Captain Nemo should be in his room, he could see me. But,
69hearing no sound, I drew nearer. The room was deserted. I pushed open the door and took some steps forward. Still the
70same monklike severity of aspect.
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