ThepoorFrenchman,forgettinghisconventionallanguage,hadtakentohisownmothertongue,toutteralastappeal!
AmongstthecrewoftheNautilus,associatedwiththebodyandsouloftheCaptain,recoilinglikehimfromallcontactwithmen,Ihadafellow-countryman.DidhealonerepresentFranceinthismysteriousassociation,evidentlycomposedofindividualsofdiversnationalities?
Itwasoneoftheseinsolubleproblemsthatroseupunceasinglybeforemymind!
CaptainNemoenteredhisroom,andIsawhimnomoreforsometime.
ButthathewassadandirresoluteIcouldseebythevessel,ofwhichhewasthesoul,andwhichreceivedallhisimpressions.