“Well then,” I replied, “if you don’t want to welcome them aboard the Nautilus, you’d better take some precautions!”
“Easy, professor, no cause for alarm.”
“But there are a large number of these natives.”
“What’s your count?”
“At least a hundred.”
“Professor Aronnax,” replied Captain Nemo, whose fingers took their places again on the organ keys, “if every islander in Papua were to gather on that beach, the Nautilus
“Well then,” I replied, “if you don’t want to welcome them aboard the Nautilus, you’d better take some precautions!”
“Easy, professor, no cause for alarm.”
“But there are a large number of these natives.”
“What’s your count?”
“At least a hundred.”
“Professor Aronnax,” replied Captain Nemo, whose fingers took their places again on the organ keys, “if every islander in Papua were to gather on that beach, the Nautilus
