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At

a

quarter-past

nine

,

the

vessel

having

returned

to

the

surface

,

I

mounted

the

platform

.

Most

impatient

to

pass

through

Captain

Nemo

's

tunnel

,

I

could

not

stay

in

one

place

,

so

came

to

breathe

the

fresh

night

air

.

Soon

in

the

shadow

I

saw

a

pale

light

,

half

discoloured

by

the

fog

,

shining

about

a

mile

from

us

.

"

A

floating

lighthouse

!

"

said

someone

near

me

.

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I

turned

,

and

saw

the

Captain

.

"

It

is

the

floating

light

of

Suez

,

"

he

continued

.

"

It

will

not

be

long

before

we

gain

the

entrance

of

the

tunnel

.

"

"

The

entrance

can

not

be

easy

?

"

"

No

,

sir

;

for

that

reason

I

am

accustomed

to

go

into

the

steersman

's

cage

and

myself

direct

our

course

.

And

now

,

if

you

will

go

down

,

M.

Aronnax

,

the

Nautilus

is

going

under

the

waves

,

and

will

not

return

to

the

surface

until

we

have

passed

through

the

Arabian

Tunnel

.

"

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Captain

Nemo

led

me

towards

the

central

staircase

;

half

way

down

he

opened

a

door

,

traversed

the

upper

deck

,

and

landed

in

the

pilot

's

cage

,

which

it

may

be

remembered

rose

at

the

extremity

of

the

platform

.

It

was

a

cabin

measuring

six

feet

square

,

very

much

like

that

occupied

by

the

pilot

on

the

steamboats

of

the

Mississippi

or

Hudson

.

In

the

midst

worked

a

wheel

,

placed

vertically

,

and

caught

to

the

tiller-rope

,

which

ran

to

the

back

of

the

Nautilus

.

Four

light-ports

with

lenticular

glasses

,

let

in

a

groove

in

the

partition

of

the

cabin

,

allowed

the

man

at

the

wheel

to

see

in

all

directions

.

This

cabin

was

dark

;

but

soon

my

eyes

accustomed

themselves

to

the

obscurity

,

and

I

perceived

the

pilot

,

a

strong

man

,

with

his

hands

resting

on

the

spokes

of

the

wheel

.

Outside

,

the

sea

appeared

vividly

lit

up

by

the

lantern

,

which

shed

its

rays

from

the

back

of

the

cabin

to

the

other

extremity

of

the

platform

.

"

Now

,

"

said

Captain

Nemo

,

"

let

us

try

to

make

our

passage

.

"

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