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But

it

was

asphyxia

,

it

was

immediate

death

,

if

the

result

of

this

last

attempt

should

prove

fruitless

.

The

air

remaining

inside

would

escape

through

the

upper

sheet

of

water

,

and

the

water

would

fill

the

whole

cone

.

"

Mrs.

Weldon

,

"

then

said

Dick

Sand

,

"

you

know

the

situation

.

If

we

delay

,

respirable

air

will

fail

us

.

If

the

third

attempt

fails

,

water

will

fill

all

this

space

.

Our

only

chance

is

that

the

summit

of

the

cone

is

above

the

level

of

the

inundation

.

We

must

try

this

last

experiment

.

Are

you

willing

?

"

"

Do

it

,

Dick

!

"

replied

Mrs.

Weldon

.

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At

that

moment

the

lantern

went

out

in

that

medium

already

unfit

for

combustion

.

Mrs.

Weldon

and

her

companions

were

plunged

in

the

most

complete

darkness

.

Dick

Sand

was

perched

on

Hercules

's

shoulders

.

The

latter

was

hanging

on

to

one

of

the

lateral

cavities

.

Only

his

head

was

above

the

bed

of

water

.

Mrs.

Weldon

,

Jack

,

and

Cousin

Benedict

were

in

the

last

story

of

cells

.

Dick

Sand

scratched

the

wall

,

and

his

ramrod

pierced

the

clay

rapidly

.

In

this

place

the

wall

,

being

thicker

and

harder

also

,

was

more

difficult

to

penetrate

.

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Dick

Sand

hastened

,

not

without

terrible

anxiety

,

for

by

this

narrow

opening

either

life

was

going

to

penetrate

with

the

air

,

or

with

the

water

it

was

death

.

Suddenly

a

sharp

hissing

was

heard

.

The

compressed

air

escaped

--

but

a

ray

of

daylight

filtered

through

the

wall

.

The

water

only

rose

eight

inches

,

and

stopped

,

without

Dick

Sand

being

obliged

to

close

the

hole

.

The

equilibrium

was

established

between

the

level

within

and

that

outside

.

The

summit

of

the

cone

emerged

.

Mrs.

Weldon

and

her

companions

were

saved

.

At

once

,

after

a

frantic

hurra

,

in

which

Hercules

's

thundering

voice

prevailed

,

the

cutlasses

were

put

to

work

.

The

summit

,

quickly

attacked

,

gradually

crumbled

.

The

hole

was

enlarged

,

the

pure

air

entered

in

waves

,

and

with

it

the

first

rays

of

the

rising

sun

.

The

top

once

taken

off

the

cone

,

it

would

be

easy

to

hoist

themselves

on

to

its

wall

,

and

they

would

devise

means

of

reaching

some

neighboring

height

,

above

all

inundations

.

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