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Barbicane
descended
;
and
heading
the
immense
assemblage
,
led
the
way
to
the
telegraph
office
.
A
few
minutes
later
a
telegram
was
dispatched
to
the
secretary
of
the
underwriters
at
Liverpool
,
requesting
answers
to
the
following
queries
:
"
About
the
ship
Atlanta
--
when
did
she
leave
Europe
?
Had
she
on
board
a
Frenchman
named
Michel
Ardan
?
"
Two
hours
afterward
Barbicane
received
information
too
exact
to
leave
room
for
the
smallest
remaining
doubt
.
"
The
steamer
Atlanta
from
Liverpool
put
to
sea
on
the
2nd
of
October
,
bound
for
Tampa
Town
,
having
on
board
a
Frenchman
borne
on
the
list
of
passengers
by
the
name
of
Michel
Ardan
.
"
That
very
evening
he
wrote
to
the
house
of
Breadwill
and
Co.
,
requesting
them
to
suspend
the
casting
of
the
projectile
until
the
receipt
of
further
orders
.
On
the
10th
of
October
,
at
nine
A.
M.
,
the
semaphores
of
the
Bahama
Canal
signaled
a
thick
smoke
on
the
horizon
.
Two
hours
later
a
large
steamer
exchanged
signals
with
them
.
the
name
of
the
Atlanta
flew
at
once
over
Tampa
Town
.
At
four
o'clock
the
English
vessel
entered
the
Bay
of
Espiritu
Santo
.
At
five
it
crossed
the
passage
of
Hillisborough
Bay
at
full
steam
.
At
six
she
cast
anchor
at
Port
Tampa
.
The
anchor
had
scarcely
caught
the
sandy
bottom
when
five
hundred
boats
surrounded
the
Atlanta
,
and
the
steamer
was
taken
by
assault
.
Barbicane
was
the
first
to
set
foot
on
deck
,
and
in
a
voice
of
which
he
vainly
tried
to
conceal
the
emotion
,
called
"
Michel
Ardan
.
"
"
Here
!
"
replied
an
individual
perched
on
the
poop
.
Barbicane
,
with
arms
crossed
,
looked
fixedly
at
the
passenger
of
the
Atlanta
.
He
was
a
man
of
about
forty-two
years
of
age
,
of
large
build
,
but
slightly
round-shouldered
.
His
massive
head
momentarily
shook
a
shock
of
reddish
hair
,
which
resembled
a
lion
's
mane
.
His
face
was
short
with
a
broad
forehead
,
and
furnished
with
a
moustache
as
bristly
as
a
cat
's
,
and
little
patches
of
yellowish
whiskers
upon
full
cheeks
.
Round
,
wildish
eyes
,
slightly
near-sighted
,
completed
a
physiognomy
essentially
feline
.
His
nose
was
firmly
shaped
,
his
mouth
particularly
sweet
in
expression
,
high
forehead
,
intelligent
and
furrowed
with
wrinkles
like
a
newly-plowed
field
.
The
body
was
powerfully
developed
and
firmly
fixed
upon
long
legs
.
Muscular
arms
,
and
a
general
air
of
decision
gave
him
the
appearance
of
a
hardy
,
jolly
,
companion
.
He
was
dressed
in
a
suit
of
ample
dimensions
,
loose
neckerchief
,
open
shirtcollar
,
disclosing
a
robust
neck
;
his
cuffs
were
invariably
unbuttoned
,
through
which
appeared
a
pair
of
red
hands
.
On
the
bridge
of
the
steamer
,
in
the
midst
of
the
crowd
,
he
bustled
to
and
fro
,
never
still
for
a
moment
,
"
dragging
his
anchors
,
"
as
the
sailors
say
,
gesticulating
,
making
free
with
everybody
,
biting
his
nails
with
nervous
avidity
.
He
was
one
of
those
originals
which
nature
sometimes
invents
in
the
freak
of
a
moment
,
and
of
which
she
then
breaks
the
mould
.
Among
other
peculiarities
,
this
curiosity
gave
himself
out
for
a
sublime
ignoramus
,
"
like
Shakespeare
,
"
and
professed
supreme
contempt
for
all
scientific
men
.
