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Chapter 9. A Lost Continent

           WhilstIwastryingtofixinmymindeverydetailofthisgrandlandscape,CaptainNemoremainedmotionless,asifpetrifiedinmuteecstasy,leaningonamossystone.Washedreamingofthosegenerationslongsincedisappeared?Washeaskingthemthesecretofhumandestiny?Wasitherethisstrangemancametosteephimselfinhistoricalrecollections,andliveagainthisancientlifehewhowantednomodernone?WhatwouldInothavegiventoknowhisthoughts,tosharethem,tounderstandthem!Weremainedforanhouratthisplace,contemplatingthevastplainsunderthebrightnessofthelava,whichwassometimeswonderfullyintense.Rapidtremblingsranalongthemountaincausedbyinternalbubblings,deepnoise,distinctlytransmittedthroughtheliquidmediumwereechoedwithmajesticgrandeur.Atthismomentthemoonappearedthroughthemassofwatersandthrewherpaleraysontheburiedcontinent.Itwasbutagleam,butwhatanindescribableeffect!TheCaptainrose,castonelastlookontheimmenseplain,andthenbademefollowhim.

           Wedescendedthemountainrapidly,and,themineralforestoncepassed,IsawthelanternoftheNautilusshininglikeastar.TheCaptainwalkedstraighttoit,andwegotonboardasthefirstraysoflightwhitenedthesurfaceoftheocean.

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