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This said, the Canadian withdrew, leaving me close to dumbfounded. I had imagined that if it came to this, I would have time to think about it, to talk it over. My stubborn companion hadn't granted me this courtesy. But after all, what would I have said to him? Ned Land was right a hundred times over.These were near-ideal circumstances, and he was taking full advantage of them. In my selfish personal interests, could I go back on my word and be responsible for ruining the future lives of my companions? Tomorrow, might not Captain Nemo take us far away from any shore?
說完這話，加拿大人就退出去，讓我一人不知所措地呆在房中；我也想過，機會來了，我可以有時間來考慮，來討論。但我那性情固執的同伴不讓我這樣做。到底，我還能對他說什么話呢？尼德·蘭十分對。他現在要利用的，的確是一個好機會。我可以食言反悔嗎？我能為了完全個人的利益，損害我的同伴們的將來嗎？我負得了這種責任嗎？明天，尼摩船長不是很可以把我們帶到離開所有陸地的大海中去嗎？
Just then a fairly loud hissing told me that the ballast tanks were filling, and the Nautilus sank beneath the waves of the Atlantic.
這時候，發出相當響的嘯聲，我曉得船上儲水池盛滿水了，諾第留斯號潛入大茵洋水底下去了。
I stayed in my stateroom. I wanted to avoid the captain, to hide from his eyes the agitation overwhelming me. What an agonizing day I spent, torn between my desire to regain my free will and my regret at abandoning this marvelous Nautilus, leaving my underwater research incomplete! How could I relinquish this ocean-"my own Atlantic," as I liked to call it-without observing its lower strata, without wresting from it the kinds of secrets that had been revealed to me by the seas of the East Indies and the Pacific! I was putting down my novel half read, I was waking up as my dream neared its climax! How painfully the hours passed, as I sometimes envisioned myself safe on shore with my companions, or, despite my better judgment, as I sometimes wished that some unforeseen circumstances would prevent Ned Land from carrying out his plans.
我留在我的房中。我要躲開船長，使他的眼睛看不到我心中激動的情緒。我就這樣度過這很愁悶的一天，一方面想走，恢復我的自由，另一方面又惋惜，丟開這只神奇的“諾第留斯號，使我的海底研究不能完成！這樣離開這海洋，像我喜歡說的，這樣離開“我的大西洋”，并沒有觀察它的最深水層，并沒有從它取得印度洋和太平洋曾給我揭露的秘密！我的小說剛翻完第一章就從手中掉下去了，我的夢正在最美好的時候就被打斷了！多少苦悶的時間就這樣過去，有時看見自己跟同伴們安全逃在陸地上，有時又不顧自己的理性，希望有意夕）的機會，阻止尼德·蘭的計劃不實現！
