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"
And
yet
,
as
we
can
derive
no
advantage
from
an
eruption
,
it
might
be
better
it
should
not
take
place
,
"
said
the
reporter
.
"
Who
knows
?
"
answered
the
sailor
.
"
Perhaps
there
may
be
some
valuable
substance
in
this
volcano
,
which
it
will
spout
forth
,
and
which
we
may
turn
to
good
account
!
"
Cyrus
Harding
shook
his
head
with
the
air
of
a
man
who
augured
no
good
from
the
phenomenon
whose
development
had
been
so
sudden
.
He
did
not
regard
so
lightly
as
Pencroft
the
results
of
an
eruption
.
If
the
lava
,
in
consequence
of
the
position
of
the
crater
,
did
not
directly
menace
the
wooded
and
cultivated
parts
of
the
island
,
other
complications
might
present
themselves
.
In
fact
,
eruptions
are
not
unfrequently
accompanied
by
earthquakes
;
and
an
island
of
the
nature
of
Lincoln
Island
,
formed
of
substances
so
varied
,
basalt
on
one
side
,
granite
on
the
other
,
lava
on
the
north
,
rich
soil
on
the
south
,
substances
which
consequently
could
not
be
firmly
attached
to
each
other
,
would
be
exposed
to
the
risk
of
disintegration
.
Although
,
therefore
,
the
spreading
of
the
volcanic
matter
might
not
constitute
a
serious
danger
,
any
movement
of
the
terrestrial
structure
which
should
shake
the
island
might
entail
the
gravest
consequences
.
"
It
seems
to
me
,
"
said
Ayrton
,
who
had
reclined
so
as
to
place
his
ear
to
the
ground
,
"
it
seems
to
me
that
I
can
hear
a
dull
,
rumbling
sound
,
like
that
of
a
wagon
loaded
with
bars
of
iron
.
"
The
colonists
listened
with
the
greatest
attention
,
and
were
convinced
that
Ayrton
was
not
mistaken
.
The
rumbling
was
mingled
with
a
subterranean
roar
,
which
formed
a
sort
of
rinforzando
,
and
died
slowly
away
,
as
if
some
violent
storm
had
passed
through
the
profundities
of
the
globe
.
But
no
explosion
properly
so
termed
,
could
be
heard
.
It
might
therefore
be
concluded
that
the
vapors
and
smoke
found
a
free
passage
through
the
central
shaft
;
and
that
the
safety-valve
being
sufficiently
large
,
no
convulsion
would
be
produced
,
no
explosion
was
to
be
apprehended
.
"
Well
,
then
!
"
said
Pencroft
,
"
are
we
not
going
back
to
work
?
Let
Mount
Franklin
smoke
,
groan
,
bellow
,
or
spout
forth
fire
and
flame
as
much
as
it
pleases
,
that
is
no
reason
why
we
should
be
idle
!
Come
,
Ayrton
,
Neb
,
Herbert
,
Captain
Harding
,
Mr.
Spilett
,
every
one
of
us
must
turn
to
at
our
work
to-day
!
We
are
going
to
place
the
keelson
,
and
a
dozen
pair
of
hands
would
not
be
too
many
.
Before
two
months
I
want
our
new
'
Bonadventure
'
--
for
we
shall
keep
the
old
name
,
shall
we
not
?
--
to
float
on
the
waters
of
Port
Balloon
!
Therefore
there
is
not
an
hour
to
lose
!
"
All
the
colonists
,
their
services
thus
requisitioned
by
Pencroft
,
descended
to
the
dockyard
,
and
proceeded
to
place
the
keelson
,
a
thick
mass
of
wood
which
forms
the
lower
portion
of
a
ship
and
unites
firmly
the
timbers
of
the
hull
.
It
was
an
arduous
undertaking
,
in
which
all
took
part
.
They
continued
their
labors
during
the
whole
of
this
day
,
the
3rd
of
January
,
without
thinking
further
of
the
volcano
,
which
could
not
,
besides
,
be
seen
from
the
shore
of
Granite
House
.
But
once
or
twice
,
large
shadows
,
veiling
the
sun
,
which
described
its
diurnal
arc
through
an
extremely
clear
sky
,
indicated
that
a
thick
cloud
of
smoke
passed
between
its
disc
and
the
island
.
The
wind
,
blowing
on
the
shore
,
carried
all
these
vapors
to
the
westward
.
Cyrus
Harding
and
Gideon
Spilett
remarked
these
somber
appearances
,
and
from
time
to
time
discussed
the
evident
progress
of
the
volcanic
phenomena
,
but
their
work
went
on
without
interruption
.
It
was
,
besides
,
of
the
first
importance
from
every
point
of
view
,
that
the
vessel
should
be
finished
with
the
least
possible
delay
.
In
presence
of
the
eventualities
which
might
arise
,
the
safety
of
the
colonists
would
be
to
a
great
extent
secured
by
their
ship
.
Who
could
tell
that
it
might
not
prove
some
day
their
only
refuge
?
