I waited for further questions, ready to reply as circumstances dictated.
“Professor Aronnax,” the captain said to me, “would you consent to give your medical attentions to one of my men?”
“Someone is sick?”
“Yes.”
“I’m ready to go with you.”
“Come.”
I admit that my heart was pounding. Lord knows why, but I saw a definite connection between this sick crewman and yesterday’s happenings, and the mystery of those events
I waited for further questions, ready to reply as circumstances dictated.
“Professor Aronnax,” the captain said to me, “would you consent to give your medical attentions to one of my men?”
“Someone is sick?”
“Yes.”
“I’m ready to go with you.”
“Come.”
I admit that my heart was pounding. Lord knows why, but I saw a definite connection between this sick crewman and yesterday’s happenings, and the mystery of those events