Most willingly. By what name ought I to address you? I was mistaken. She tried to sheer off, but the supernatural animal approached with a velocity double her own. Strike, mad vessel! Shower your useless shot! And then, you will not escape the spur of the Nautilus. But it is not here that you shall perish! I would not have your ruins mingle with those of the Avenger!
The coxswain said some words in his outlandish tongue, doubtless warning the men to keep on their guard. It was a gunshot, replied Ned Land. Behind the steersman's cage is placed a powerful electric reflector, the rays from which light up the sea for half a mile in front. This scene lasted but a few seconds; the shark returned, and, turning on his back, prepared himself for cutting the Indian in two, when I saw Captain Nemo rise suddenly, and then, dagger in hand, walk straight to the monster, ready to fight face to face with him. The very moment the shark was going to snap the unhappy fisherman in two, he perceived his new adversary, and, turning over, made straight toward him.
There it collected numerous relics of the wreck-iron utensils, anchors, pulley-strops, swivel-guns, an eighteen-pound shot, fragments of astronomical instruments, a piece of crown-work, and a bronze clock, bearing this inscription: Bazin m'a fait, the mark of the foundry of the arsenal at Brest about 1785. There could be no further doubt. I have no idea, Mr. Aronnax. M. Aronnax, we must attempt some desperate means, or we shall be sealed up in this solidified water as in cement. I turned round. Captain Nemo was before me, but I did not know him. His face was transfigured. His eyes flashed sullenly; his teeth were set; his stiff body, clinched fists, and head shrunk between his shoulders, betrayed the violent agitation that pervaded his whole frame. He did not move. My glass, fallen from his hands, had rolled at his feet.