I was prepared to salute Captain Nemo, but it was his second (whom I had already seen on the Captain's first visit) who appeared.

He advanced on the platform, not seeming to see me.

With his powerful glass to his eye, he scanned every point of the horizon with great attention.

This examination over, he approached the panel and pronounced a sentence in exactly these terms.

I have remembered it, for every morning it was repeated under exactly the same conditions.