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Just then the chief officer drew the captain's attention anew. The latter interrupted his strolling and aimed his spyglass at the point indicated. He observed it a good while. As for me, deeply puzzled, I went below to the lounge and brought back an excellent long-range telescope I habitually used. Leaning my elbows on the beacon housing, which jutted from the stern of the platform, I got set to scour that whole stretch of sky and sea.
這個時候，船副重新又要船長小心注意。船長停下腳步來，把望遠鏡向所指的夭邊一點了望。他觀察了很久。至于我，心里很是納悶，也想知道一些，我走下客廳，在廳中拿了我常用的望遠鏡，回到平臺，扶在平臺前頭的突出部分，裝設探照燈的籠間上，我就要打算望一望天際和海邊的所有情景了。
But no sooner had I peered into the eyepiece than the instrument was snatched from my hands.
但我的眼睛還沒有挨到鏡面上，望遠鏡就突然被人奪走了。
I spun around. Captain Nemo was standing before me, but I almost didn't recognize him. His facial features were transfigured. Gleaming with dark fire, his eyes had shrunk beneath his frowning brow. His teeth were half bared. His rigid body, clenched fists, and head drawn between his shoulders, all attested to a fierce hate breathing from every pore. He didn't move. My spyglass fell from his hand and rolled at his feet.
我轉過身來，尼摩船長站在我面前，我簡直不認識他了，他的面容完全變了。他的眼睛閃著陰沉的火光，從緊促的睫毛中露出來。他的牙齒半露，有些可怕。他直挺的身子，緊握的拳頭，縮在兩肩腫間的腦袋，證明他有了正從他全身發出來的強烈的仇恨。他站著不動。我的望遠鏡從他的手中掉下來，滾到他腳邊。
Had I accidentally caused these symptoms of anger? Did this incomprehensible individual think I had detected some secret forbidden to guests on the Nautilus?
是我無心引起了他的這種憤怒神氣嗎？是這個神秘不可解的人物認為我看出了諾第留斯號的客人不應當知道的某些秘密嗎？
No! I wasn't the subject of his hate because he wasn't even looking at me; his eyes stayed stubbornly focused on that inscrutable point of the horizon.
不！這仇恨的對象并不是我，因為他并不看我，因為他的眼睛仍然堅定不移地盯著夭際神秘不可知的那一點。
Finally Captain Nemo regained his self-control. His facial appearance, so profoundly changed, now resumed its usual calm. He addressed a few words to his chief officer in their strange language, then he turned to me:
后來尼摩船長又有了主意，鎮定下來。他的臉孔本來是變了樣的，現在又跟從前一樣地安靜下來。他用神秘語言對船副說了幾句活，然后轉身面向著我。
Professor Aronnax, he told me in a tone of some urgency, I ask that you now honor one of the binding agreements between us.
阿龍納斯先生，他語氣相當激動地對我說，我要您遵守您跟我約定的那一條款。
Which one, captain?
船長，是哪一條款呢？
You and your companions must be placed in confinement until I see fit to set you free.
您的同伴和您現在都要關起來，直到我認為可以讓你們自由的時候為止。
