Robur the Conqueror by Jules Verne
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At the speed the "Albatross" was going she would be over the dome by eight o'clock. At this moment Robur appeared on deck. The colleagues walked up to him. "Engineer Robur," said Uncle Prudent, "we are now on the very confines of America! We think the time has come for this joke to end." "I never joke," said Robur. He raised his hand. The "Albatross" swiftly dropped towards the ground, and at the same time such speed was given her as to drive the prisoners into their cabin. As soon as the door was shut, Uncle Prudent exclaimed, "I could strangle him!" "We must try to escape." said Phil Evans. "Yes; cost what it may!" A long murmur greeted their ears. It was the beating of the surf on the seashore. It was the Pacific Ocean! |
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