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The surface of this long sheet-iron cigar no longer offered a single protrusion that could hamper its maneuvers.
在這根長長的鋼鐵雪茄表面，連一處妨礙它行動的細小突出部分也沒有。
I returned to the lounge. The Nautilus still emerged above the surface. A few morning gleams infiltrated the liquid strata. Beneath the undulations of the billows, the windows were enlivened by the blushing of the rising sun. That dreadful day of June 2 had dawned.
我回到了客廳。“鸚鵡螺號”船只一直浮在水面上。幾縷晨光滲進水里，在晃動的水波下，玻璃窗映射出紅色的朝陽。恐怖的6月2日來臨了。
At seven o'clock the log told me that the Nautilus had reduced speed. I realized that it was letting the warship approach. Moreover, the explosions grew more intensely audible. Shells furrowed the water around us, drilling through it with an odd hissing sound.
7點鐘，測速器指示“鸚鵡螺號”的速度正在減慢。我明白它在故意讓敵手靠近。此外，爆炸聲更加密集。炮彈撒播在四周的海水中，奇特地呼嘯著掉進水中。
My friends, I said, "it's time. Let's shake hands, and may God be with us!"
“我的朋友們，”我說，“時候到了。讓我們握握手，愿上帝保佑我們！”
Ned Land was determined, Conseil calm, I myself nervous and barely in control.
這時尼德·蘭神情堅決，康塞爾很平靜，而我卻很緊張，我勉強地控制住自己。
We went into the library. Just as I pushed open the door leading to the well of the central companionway, I heard the hatch close sharply overhead.
我們走進圖書室。當我推開通向中央扶梯的門時，我聽到上面的嵌板突然啪地關上。
The Canadian leaped up the steps, but I stopped him. A well-known hissing told me that water was entering the ship's ballast tanks. Indeed, in a few moments the Nautilus had submerged some meters below the surface of the waves. I understood this maneuver. It was too late to take action.
加拿大人想躍上階梯，但我攔住他。非常熟悉的咝咝聲使我明白，水正在滲進船上的儲水器里。的確，過了一會，“鸚鵡螺號”就潛入水波下幾米。我明白“鸚鵡螺號”的意圖，現在行動已經太遲了。
