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1THE LAST WORDS OF CAPTAIN NEMO The panels had closed on this dreadful vision, but light had not returned to the saloon:
2all was silence and darkness within the Nautilus. At wonderful speed, a hundred feet beneath the water, it was leaving
3this desolate spot. Whither was it going? To the north or south? Where was the man flying to after such dreadful
4retaliation? I had returned to my room, where Ned and Conseil had remained silent enough. I felt an insurmountable
5horror for Captain Nemo. Whatever he had suffered at the hands of these men, he had no right to punish thus. He had made
6me, if not an accomplice, at least a witness of his vengeance. At eleven the electric light reappeared. I passed into
7the saloon. It was deserted. I consulted the different instruments. The Nautilus was flying northward at the rate of
8twenty-five miles an hour, now on the surface, and now thirty feet below it. On taking the bearings by the chart, I saw
9that we were passing the mouth of the Manche, and that our course was hurrying us towards the northern seas at a
10frightful speed. That night we had crossed two hundred leagues of the Atlantic. The shadows fell, and the sea was
11covered with darkness until the rising of the moon. I went to my room, but could not sleep. I was troubled with dreadful
12nightmare. The horrible scene of destruction was continually before my eyes. From that day, who could tell into what
13part of the North Atlantic basin the Nautilus would take us? Still with unaccountable speed. Still in the midst of these
14northern fogs. Would it touch at Spitzbergen, or on the shores of Nova Zembla? Should we explore those unknown seas, the
15White Sea, the Sea of Kara, the Gulf of Obi, the Archipelago of Liarrov, and the unknown coast of Asia? I could not say.
16I could no longer judge of the time that was passing. The clocks had been stopped on board. It seemed, as in polar
17countries, that night and day no longer followed their regular course. I felt myself being drawn into that strange
18region where the foundered imagination of Edgar Poe roamed at will. Like the fabulous Gordon Pym, at every moment I
19expected to see "that veiled human figure, of larger proportions than those of any inhabitant of the earth, thrown
20across the cataract which defends the approach to the pole." I estimated (though, perhaps, I may be mistaken)--I
21estimated this adventurous course of the Nautilus to have lasted fifteen or twenty days. And I know not how much longer
22it might have lasted, had it not been for the catastrophe which ended this voyage. Of Captain Nemo I saw nothing
23whatever now, nor of his second. Not a man of the crew was visible for an instant. The Nautilus was almost incessantly
24under water. When we came to the surface to renew the air, the panels opened and shut mechanically. There were no more
25marks on the planisphere. I knew not where we were. And the Canadian, too, his strength and patience at an end, appeared
26no more. Conseil could not draw a word from him; and, fearing that, in a dreadful fit of madness, he might kill himself,
27watched him with constant devotion. One morning (what date it was I could not say) I had fallen into a heavy sleep
28towards the early hours, a sleep both painful and unhealthy, when I suddenly awoke. Ned Land was leaning over me,
29saying, in a low voice, "We are going to fly." I sat up. "When shall we go?" I asked. "To-night. All inspection on board
30the Nautilus seems to have ceased. All appear to be stupefied. You will be ready, sir?" "Yes; where are we?" "In sight
31of land. I took the reckoning this morning in the fog--twenty miles to the east." "What country is it?" "I do not know;
32but, whatever it is, we will take refuge there." "Yes, Ned, yes. We will fly to-night, even if the sea should swallow us
33up." "The sea is bad, the wind violent, but twenty miles in that light boat of the Nautilus does not frighten me.
34Unknown to the crew, I have been able to procure food and some bottles of water." "I will follow you." "But," continued
35the Canadian, "if I am surprised, I will defend myself; I will force them to kill me." "We will die together, friend
36Ned." I had made up my mind to all. The Canadian left me. I reached the platform, on which I could with difficulty
37support myself against the shock of the waves. The sky was threatening; but, as land was in those thick brown shadows,
38we must fly. I returned to the saloon, fearing and yet hoping to see Captain Nemo, wishing and yet not wishing to see
39him. What could I have said to him? Could I hide the involuntary horror with which he inspired me? No. It was better
40that I should not meet him face to face; better to forget him. And yet---- How long seemed that day, the last that I
41should pass in the Nautilus. I remained alone. Ned Land and Conseil avoided speaking, for fear of betraying themselves.
42At six I dined, but I was not hungry; I forced myself to eat in spite of my disgust, that I might not weaken myself. At
43half-past six Ned Land came to my room, saying, "We shall not see each other again before our departure. At ten the moon
44will not be risen. We will profit by the darkness. Come to the boat; Conseil and I will wait for you." The Canadian went
45out without giving me time to answer. Wishing to verify the course of the Nautilus, I went to the saloon. We were
46running N.N.E. at frightful speed, and more than fifty yards deep. I cast a last look on these wonders of nature, on the
47riches of art heaped up in this museum, upon the unrivalled collection destined to perish at the bottom of the sea, with
48him who had formed it. I wished to fix an indelible impression of it in my mind. I remained an hour thus, bathed in the
49light of that luminous ceiling, and passing in review those treasures shining under their glasses. Then I returned to my
50room. I dressed myself in strong sea clothing. I collected my notes, placing them carefully about me. My heart beat
51loudly. I could not check its pulsations. Certainly my trouble and agitation would have betrayed me to Captain Nemo's
52eyes. What was he doing at this moment? I listened at the door of his room. I heard steps. Captain Nemo was there. He
53had not gone to rest. At every moment I expected to see him appear, and ask me why I wished to fly. I was constantly on
54the alert. My imagination magnified everything. The impression became at last so poignant that I asked myself if it
55would not be better to go to the Captain's room, see him face to face, and brave him with look and gesture. It was the
56inspiration of a madman; fortunately I resisted the desire, and stretched myself on my bed to quiet my bodily agitation.
57My nerves were somewhat calmer, but in my excited brain I saw over again all my existence on board the Nautilus; every
58incident, either happy or unfortunate, which had happened since my disappearance from the Abraham Lincoln--the submarine
59hunt, the Torres Straits, the savages of Papua, the running ashore, the coral cemetery, the passage of Suez, the Island
60of Santorin, the Cretan diver, Vigo Bay, Atlantis, the iceberg, the South Pole, the imprisonment in the ice, the fight
61among the poulps, the storm in the Gulf Stream, the Avenger, and the horrible scene of the vessel sunk with all her
62crew. All these events passed before my eyes like scenes in a drama. Then Captain Nemo seemed to grow enormously, his
63features to assume superhuman proportions. He was no longer my equal, but a man of the waters, the genie of the sea. It
64was then half-past nine. I held my head between my hands to keep it from bursting. I closed my eyes; I would not think
65any longer. There was another half-hour to wait, another half-hour of a nightmare, which might drive me mad. At that
66moment I heard the distant strains of the organ, a sad harmony to an undefinable chant, the wail of a soul longing to
67break these earthly bonds. I listened with every sense, scarcely breathing; plunged, like Captain Nemo, in that musical
68ecstasy, which was drawing him in spirit to the end of life.
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