But what has bee of the Nautilus? Did it resist the pressure of the maelstrom? Does Captain Nemo still live? And does he still follow under the o tho frightful retaliations? Or, did he stop after the last heb?
Will the waves one day carry to him this manuscript taining the history of his life? Shall I ever know the name of this man? Will the missing vesl tell us by its nationality that of Captain Nemo?
I hope so. And I also hope that his powerful vesl has quered the a at its most terrible gulf, and that the Nautilus has survived where so many other vesls have been lost! If it be so—if Captain Nemo still inhabits the o, his adopted try, may hatred be appead in that savage heart! May the plation of so many wonders extinguish for ever the spirit of vengeanbsp;May the judge disappear, and the philosopher tinue the peaceful exploration of the a! If his destiny be strange, it is also sublime. Have I not uood it mylf? Have I not lived ten months of this unnatural life? And to the question asked by Ecclesiastes three thousand years ago, "That whibsp;is far off and exceeding deep, who bsp;find it out?" two men alone of all now living have the right to give an answer——
CAPTAIN NEMO AND MYSELF.
But what has bee of the Nautilus? Did it resist the pressure of the maelstrom? Does Captain Nemo still live? And does he still follow under the o tho frightful retaliations? Or, did he stop after the last heb?