Chapter
1 Pre | his mortal enemy, Captain Nicholl, and, as a token of reconciliation,
2 Pre | President Barbicane, and Captain Nicholl, ought to make the passage
3 Pre | industrious resources of Nicholl, and the audacious humor
4 I | Michel Ardan, Barbicane, and Nicholl, took leave of the numerous
5 I | disencumbered of its last supports.~Nicholl, once introduced with his
6 I | speaking, Barbicane and Nicholl were making their last preparations.~
7 I | their last preparations.~Nicholl’s chronometer marked twenty
8 I | replied the methodical Nicholl.~“Well!” exclaimed Michel
9 I | Twenty-four only,” said Nicholl.~“Well, twenty-four, if
10 I | are over.”~“Twenty,” said Nicholl.~For some moments the three
11 I | the head.”~“Just so,” said Nicholl.~“Then,” replied Michel
12 I | you approve of my idea, Nicholl?” asked Barbicane.~“Entirely,”
13 I | minutes and a half.”~“That Nicholl is not a man,” exclaimed
14 I | placed in the projectile. Nicholl and Barbicane placed them
15 I | we shall find none!” said Nicholl.~“Done, my captain!” replied
16 I | replied Ardan, clasping Nicholl’s hand. “But, by the bye,
17 I | dollars.”~“Yes,” replied Nicholl. “Thirty-seven minutes six
18 I | have the dollars,” replied Nicholl, slapping the pocket of
19 I | allowed to pay.”~“Come, Nicholl. I see that you are a man
20 I | tell you.”~“And why?” asked Nicholl.~“Because, if you gain the
21 I | Barbicane simply; “and if Nicholl is not there, it will go
22 I | minutes past ten!” said Nicholl.~“Only five minutes more!”
23 I | Barbicane.~Michel Ardan and Nicholl stretched themselves on
24 II | apparently lifeless. Barbicane, Nicholl, and Michel Ardan— did they
25 II | called in a firm voice:~“Nicholl! Barbicane!”~He waited anxiously.
26 II | the other, an inert mass, Nicholl above, Barbicane underneath.~
27 II | with judgment, restored Nicholl, who opened his eyes, and
28 II | Ardan. “I began with you, Nicholl, because you were on the
29 II | Saying which, Ardan and Nicholl raised the president of
30 II | companions; he was bleeding, but Nicholl was reassured by finding
31 II | He breathes though,” said Nicholl, putting his ear to the
32 II | that daily operation. Rub, Nicholl; let us rub harder.” And
33 II | and his first words were—~“Nicholl, are we moving?”~Nicholl
34 II | Nicholl, are we moving?”~Nicholl and Ardan looked at each
35 II | soil of Florida?” asked Nicholl.~“Or at the bottom of the
36 II | globe.”~“Just so,” replied Nicholl; “but in what proportion
37 II | proportion of one-third, Nicholl. This diminution is considerable,
38 II | said Michel Ardan, “friend Nicholl has lost his two bets: four
39 II | more than six miles. Now, Nicholl, pay up.”~“Let us prove
40 II | received?”~“Granted,” replied Nicholl; “but one question.”~“Well,
41 II | either.”~“Very well,” said Nicholl.~“Well now,” murmured the
42 II | exclaimed Michel Ardan and Nicholl in one voice.~Indeed, this
43 II | earth.~“I have lost,” said Nicholl.~“I congratulate you,” replied
44 II | you do not mind,” answered Nicholl; “it is more business-like.”~
45 II | affair settled, Barbicane and Nicholl had returned to the window,
46 II | of this satellite?” asked Nicholl.~“No,” replied Barbicane; “
47 II | should think so,” replied Nicholl, consulting his chronometer; “
48 II | said Barbicane.~“Yes,” said Nicholl; “and if our initiatory
49 II | with a brilliant light. Nicholl, as an economical man, put
50 II | recollection.~It was captain Nicholl who first recalled their
51 II | inevitable.~“Well,” said Nicholl, “since we must sleep, let
52 II | Columbiad.”~“And it is——?” said Nicholl.~“Because our projectile
53 III | They are hungry,” said Nicholl.~“By Jove!” replied Michel, “
54 III | to the sun.”~“Why?” said Nicholl.~“Because we should have
55 III | Barbicane,” replied Captain Nicholl; “and, besides, when we
56 III | likeness, and Barbicane is Nicholl’s. Beyond us, around us,
57 III | half-past eight,” replied Nicholl.~“Very well,” retorted Michel; “
58 III | is pleasant here,” said Nicholl.~“I should think so,” said
59 III | for.”~“I feared it,” said Nicholl simply.~“And you never mentioned
60 III | with this deleterious gas. Nicholl discovered the state of
61 III | of this gas. But Captain Nicholl hastened to remedy this
62 III | different tools which were Nicholl’s especial choice; as to
63 III | style.~During this time Nicholl, the calculator, looked
64 III | answer him, and then with Nicholl, who did not hear him, with
65 IV | will spoil my design!”~But Nicholl and Barbicane were awake.~“
66 IV | were awake.~“A cock!” said Nicholl.~“Why no, my friends,” Michel
67 IV | Fine talent that,” said Nicholl, looking suspiciously at
68 IV | Michel Ardan.~“Perfectly. Nicholl and I would have made it,
69 IV | contained.~“Well, and does Nicholl understand what that means?”~“
70 IV | read it.”~“And you pretend, Nicholl,” asked Michel, “that by
71 IV | Incontestably,” replied Nicholl; “and even by this same
72 IV | atmosphere.”~“Just so,” said Nicholl; “it is from that point
73 IV | calculations with great rapidity. Nicholl looked over and greedily
74 IV | in letters of fire,” said Nicholl.~“Wonderful fellows!” muttered
75 IV | with it.”~“And now,” said Nicholl, “to find out the speed
76 IV | silence.~“Well!” replied Nicholl; every calculation made,
77 IV | that speed——”~“Well?” asked Nicholl.~“Well, it will not be enough.”~“
78 V | Barbicane would not believe it. Nicholl revised his figures: they
79 V | watching through the window. Nicholl had crossed his arms, and
80 V | put some figures on paper. Nicholl understood that the president
81 V | That is evident,” replied Nicholl; “and we must conclude that
82 V | weight.”~“Just so,” said Nicholl.~“Ah, my brave Nicholl,
83 V | said Nicholl.~“Ah, my brave Nicholl, we are saved!”~“Very well
84 V | let us have breakfast.”~Nicholl was not mistaken. The initial
85 V | royally weary.”~Barbicane and Nicholl made a gesture of denial.~“
86 V | seriously.~“Indeed,” added Nicholl, “it would be easier for
87 V | The fact is,” replied Nicholl, “that cows, bulls, and
88 V | into drums.”~Barbicane and Nicholl could not help laughing
89 V | longer ill.”~“Ah!” said Nicholl.~“No,” answered Michel, “
90 V | certainly not,” replied Nicholl; “but our scuttles are fixed
91 V | not to be feared,” replied Nicholl.~“Who knows?” said Michel
92 V | how many degrees,” asked Nicholl, “is the temperature of
93 V | If I mistake not,” said Nicholl, “M. Pouillet, another savant,
94 VI | particular facts; Barbicane and Nicholl always serious, Michel Ardan
95 VI | which we met.”~“Then,” said Nicholl, “the projectile would have
96 VI | instantaneously.”~“Then,” asked Nicholl, “what would happen if the
97 VI | fell upon the sun?” asked Nicholl.~“According to calculation,”
98 VI | from roasting.”~“Yes!” said Nicholl, “unfortunately, it will
99 VI | Without considering,” replied Nicholl, “that the day lasts 360
100 VI | seen.”~“And why,” asked Nicholl, “is there no total eclipse?
101 VI | spring from Michel,” answered Nicholl.~“Well, then, I am a plagiarist.”~“
102 VI | comets.”~“But,” continued Nicholl, “Before becoming the earth’
103 VI | It is possible, friend Nicholl, but not probable.”~“Why
104 VI | Three o’clock,” answered Nicholl.~“How time goes,” said Michel, “
105 VI | What astonishes me,” said Nicholl, “is that the specific weight
106 VI | perfectly on a level with it.”~“Nicholl,” replied Barbicane, after
107 VI | effect.”~“Just so,” said Nicholl, “and everything we throw
108 VI | What is the matter,” asked Nicholl.~“I know, I guess, what
109 VII | place.”~“And,” added Captain Nicholl, “on a flat ground, the
110 VII | as to the oxygen, Captain Nicholl said “it was of the first
111 VII | would have been sad,” said Nicholl.~“Ah!” continued Michel, “
112 VII | which crossed each other, Nicholl put one question which did
113 VII | What do you mean by that, Nicholl?” asked Barbicane gravely.~“
114 VII | wishing to draw back,” replied Nicholl; “but I repeat my question,
115 VII | There’s an answer!” cried Nicholl.~“I quite approve of Michel’
116 VII | The deuce!” answered Nicholl. “Do you consider the weight
117 VII | of the mind.~“Now,” said Nicholl, in a short tone, “now that
118 VII | Michel.~“Speak, then,” cried Nicholl, who could no longer contain
119 VII | no Selenites?” retorted Nicholl, who, under the influence
120 VII | threatening tone.~“I do,” howled Nicholl.~“Captain,” said Michel, “
121 VII | moon belongs to us,” said Nicholl.~“Let us three constitute
122 VII | I the senate,” retorted Nicholl.~“And Barbicane, the president,”
123 VII | President Barbicane,” exclaimed Nicholl.~“Hip! hip! hip!” vociferated
124 VIII | Michel’s, which, fortunately, Nicholl was able to correct in time.~
125 VIII | done up, did not answer.~Nicholl then tried to prepare some
126 VIII | A revelation dawned on Nicholl’s mind. That intensity of
127 VIII | the apparatus to the full.~Nicholl hastened to stop the escape
128 VIII | o’clock in the morning, Nicholl having accidentally let
129 VIII | yourself, Michel,” replied Nicholl; “no upset is to be feared;
130 VIII | of their enterprise, and Nicholl and Michel Ardan shared
131 VIII | exist.”~“Just so,” said Nicholl, smiling; “if we could succeed
132 VIII | exclaimed Michel.~“Yes,” replied Nicholl; “for if the height of the
133 VIII | Gulliver with the giants,” said Nicholl.~“Just so,” replied Barbicane.~“
134 VIII | oneself.”~“Good,” replied Nicholl; “your projectiles would
135 IX | reaching our destination?” said Nicholl.~“Let us act as if we were
136 IX | in Florida, when Captain Nicholl came forward as Barbicane’
137 IX | s adversary. To Captain Nicholl’s maintaining that the projectile
138 IX | a phlegmatic being like Nicholl, or an audacious adventurer
139 IX | very much fear,” answered Nicholl, “that, in spite of all
140 IX | arriving too late?” asked Nicholl.~“Too late?” said Barbicane.~“
141 IX | Barbicane.~“Yes,” continued Nicholl. “The Cambridge Observatory’
142 IX | excess of speed?” answered Nicholl; “for we know now that its
143 IX | By whom? by what?” asked Nicholl.~“I cannot say,” replied
144 IX | from its course,” cried Nicholl.~And, as if a light had
145 IX | do you mean?” exclaimed Nicholl.~“I mean,” said Barbicane
146 IX | course.”~“So little?” cried Nicholl.~“Yes, Nicholl; but however
147 IX | little?” cried Nicholl.~“Yes, Nicholl; but however little it might
148 XI | shoulders. Barbicane and Nicholl looked upon the lunar map
149 XII | peculiar disposition?” asked Nicholl.~“We do not know,” replied
150 XII | observers.~“But why,” said Nicholl, “should not these rays
151 XII | said Michel.~“No,” replied Nicholl.~“Very well; with all those
152 XII | For what purpose?” asked Nicholl.~“For a very natural one,”
153 XII | singular idea,” replied Nicholl; “but it is probable that
154 XII | times smaller?” retorted Nicholl.~“And if there are no Selenites?”
155 XIII | Cultivated fields!” replied Nicholl, shrugging his shoulders.~“
156 XIII | no one?”~“No,” answered Nicholl; “up to this time, not a
157 XIV | us accuse the sun,” said Nicholl, “it is not his fault, but
158 XIV | It is the moon!” retorted Nicholl.~An idle dispute, which
159 XIV | should have seen,” added Nicholl, “if we had arrived here
160 XIV | moon is new.”~“But,” said Nicholl, “that advantage must be
161 XIV | face. I say that for you, Nicholl, because Michel will probably
162 XIV | Quite right,” replied Nicholl.~“On the contrary,” continued
163 XIV | upon the sun.~“So,” said Nicholl, “there is a hemisphere,
164 XIV | by any chance,” answered Nicholl, “the atmosphere should
165 XIV | preventing all observation.~Nicholl consulted the thermometer,
166 XIV | our honor.”~“But,” asked Nicholl, “what is the temperature
167 XIV | we set about it?” asked Nicholl.~“Nothing is easier,” replied
168 XIV | following us.”~“Why not?” asked Nicholl.~“Because, if we are passing
169 XIV | scuttle rapidly opened, Nicholl threw out the instrument,
170 XV | cannot estimate.”~“Yes,” said Nicholl, “it will follow either
171 XV | very nearly,” continued Nicholl, “the course described by
172 XV | you pretend to define.”~Nicholl and Barbicane cared little
173 XV | to?”~“Nowhere,” replied Nicholl.~“How, nowhere?”~“Evidently,”
174 XV | infinite space?”~Barbicane and Nicholl could not forbear smiling.
175 XV | full.”~“Certainly,” said Nicholl, “that circumstance will
176 XV | magnificently lit.”~“Well said, Nicholl,” replied Michel Ardan. “
177 XV | luminous brightness, which Nicholl sighted suddenly, on the
178 XV | volcano in action!” cried Nicholl; “a disemboweling of the
179 XV | The forms of Barbicane, Nicholl, and Michel Ardan, bathed
180 XV | could not be generated.~Nicholl uttered a cry, and he and
181 XV | Michel, drawing Barbicane and Nicholl to his window, exclaimed, “
182 XVI | past five in the evening, Nicholl, armed with his glass, sighted
183 XVI | What! the sun?” answered Nicholl and Michel Ardan.~“Yes,
184 XVII | usual quantity.~“Ah!” said Nicholl, “these rays of heat are
185 XVII | exclaimed.~“Snow?” repeated Nicholl.~“Yes, Nicholl, snow; the
186 XVII | repeated Nicholl.~“Yes, Nicholl, snow; the surface of which
187 XVII | What is its breadth?” asked Nicholl.~“It is 150 miles,” replied
188 XVIII| formation.~“And why not?” asked Nicholl of Barbicane, who was relating
189 XVIII| not necessary,” answered Nicholl, not at all confounded; “
190 XVIII| inhabitable?”~“Good!” replied Nicholl. “First let us see whether
191 XVIII| understand it.”~“Agreed,” replied Nicholl. “But is not the moon habitable
192 XVIII| but I will try; and I ask Nicholl if motion appears to him
193 XVIII| Without a doubt!” answered Nicholl.~“Then, my worthy companion,
194 XVIII| said Michel.~“Yes,” replied Nicholl.~“Very well,” continued
195 XVIII| may be seen.~“Now,” said Nicholl, “let us attack the second
196 XVIII| habitable.”~“I believe it,” said Nicholl.~“Then,” continued Barbicane, “
197 XVIII| inhabited.”~“But,” said Nicholl, “many phenomena inherent
198 XVIII| hours!”~“And why?” asked Nicholl quickly.~“Because most probably
199 XVIII| rays.”~“Granted,” replied Nicholl, “but why should not these
200 XVIII| fluid?”~“Just so,” replied Nicholl; “and who can say that the
201 XVIII| to live.”~Barbicane and Nicholl could not help laughing
202 XVIII| companion’s uneasiness. Then Nicholl, who wished to end the discussion,
203 XIX | Neither Barbicane nor Nicholl answered.~“You do not answer,”
204 XIX | nothing to answer,” said Nicholl.~“Is there nothing to try?”~“
205 XIX | you!” cried Barbicane and Nicholl. “Inducing you! What do
206 XIX | would you throw out?” said Nicholl. “We have no ballast on
207 XIX | do.”~“What is it?” asked Nicholl.~“Breakfast,” answered the
208 XIX | our rockets.”~“Done!” said Nicholl.~“We have not used this
209 XIX | Very well reasoned,” said Nicholl.~“Let us wait patiently,”
210 XIX | nothing else to be done,” said Nicholl, “I make a proposition.”~“
211 XIX | we closed our eyes,” said Nicholl. “Some hours of sleep will
212 XIX | Michel.~“Well,” continued Nicholl, “every one to his taste;
213 XIX | forty-eight pounder.~“That Nicholl has a good deal of sense,”
214 XIX | their wish; Barbicane and Nicholl were obstinately plunged
215 XIX | Five minutes to one,” said Nicholl.~“All is ready,” replied
216 XIX | Ardan, at length.~“No,” said Nicholl, “since the bottom of the
217 XX | volcanic rubbish, Captain Nicholl beginning his leveling operations,
218 XXII | The saving of Barbicane, Nicholl, and Michel Ardan was an
219 XXII | poor man called loudly upon Nicholl, Barbicane, and Michel Ardan,
220 XXII | Barbicane, Michel Ardan, and Nicholl were playing at dominoes!~
221 XXIII| without having seen Barbicane, Nicholl, and Michel Ardan? No! and
222 XXIII| Barbicane, Michel Ardan, Nicholl, and the delegates of the
223 XXIII| President Barbicane, Colonel Nicholl, and Michel Ardan. At the
224 XXIII| vice-president, Captain Nicholl; secretary, J. T. Maston;
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