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"

But

what

did

the

captain

say

?

"

inquired

the

reporter

.

"

I

will

tell

you

,

my

friends

,

"

said

the

engineer

.

"

Lincoln

Island

does

not

resemble

the

other

islands

of

the

Pacific

,

and

a

fact

of

which

Captain

Nemo

has

made

me

cognizant

must

sooner

or

later

bring

about

the

subversion

of

its

foundation

.

"

"

Nonsense

!

Lincoln

Island

,

it

ca

n't

be

!

"

cried

Pencroft

,

who

,

in

spite

of

the

respect

he

felt

for

Cyrus

Harding

,

could

not

prevent

a

gesture

of

incredulity

.

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"

Listen

,

Pencroft

,

"

resumed

the

engineer

,

"

I

will

tell

you

what

Captain

Nemo

communicated

to

me

,

and

which

I

myself

confirmed

yesterday

,

during

the

exploration

of

Dakkar

Grotto

.

"

This

cavern

stretches

under

the

island

as

far

as

the

volcano

,

and

is

only

separated

from

its

central

shaft

by

the

wall

which

terminates

it

.

Now

,

this

wall

is

seamed

with

fissures

and

clefts

which

already

allow

the

sulphurous

gases

generated

in

the

interior

of

the

volcano

to

escape

.

"

"

Well

?

"

said

Pencroft

,

his

brow

suddenly

contracting

.

"

Well

,

then

,

I

saw

that

these

fissures

widen

under

the

internal

pressure

from

within

,

that

the

wall

of

basalt

is

gradually

giving

way

and

that

after

a

longer

or

shorter

period

it

will

afford

a

passage

to

the

waters

of

the

lake

which

fill

the

cavern

.

"

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"

Good

!

"

replied

Pencroft

,

with

an

attempt

at

pleasantry

.

"

The

sea

will

extinguish

the

volcano

,

and

there

will

be

an

end

of

the

matter

!

"

"

Not

so

!

"

said

Cyrus

Harding

,

"

should

a

day

arrive

when

the

sea

,

rushing

through

the

wall

of

the

cavern

,

penetrates

by

the

central

shaft

into

the

interior

of

the

island

to

the

boiling

lava

,

Lincoln

Island

will

that

day

be

blown

into

the

air

--

just

as

would

happen

to

the

island

of

Sicily

were

the

Mediterranean

to

precipitate

itself

into

Mount

Etna

.

"

The

colonists

made

no

answer

to

these

significant

words

of

the

engineer

.

They

now

understood

the

danger

by

which

they

were

menaced

.

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