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"At one time this ship was called the Marseillais. It carried seventy-four guns, and was launched in 1762. In 1778, the 13th of August, commanded by La Poype-Ver trieux, it fought boldly against the Preston. In 1779, on the 4th of July, it was at the taking of Grenada, with the squadron of Admiral Estaing. In 1781, on the 5th of September, it took part in the battle of Comte de Grasse, in Chesapeake Bay. In 1794, the French Republic changed its name. On the 16th of April, in the same year, it joined the squadron of Villaret Joyeuse, at Brest, being entrusted with the escort of a cargo of corn coming from America, under the command of Admiral Van Stebel. On the 11th and 12th Prairal of the second year, this squadron fell in with an English vessel. Sir, to-day is the 13th Prairal, the first of June, 1868. It is now seventy-four years ago, day for day on this very spot, in latitude 47° 24', longitude 17° 28', that this vessel, after fighting heroically, losing its three masts, with the water in its hold, and the third of its crew disabled, preferred sinking with its 356 sailors to surrendering; and, nailing its colours to the poop, disappeared under the waves to the cry of Long live the Republic!'"	- "Мститель"! - воскликнул я.
"The Avenger!" I exclaimed. "Yes, sir, the Avenger! A good name!" muttered Captain Nemo, crossing his arms.	- Да, "Мститель"! Какое прекрасное имя, -прошептал капитан Немо и задумчиво скрестил руки на груди.
CHAPTER XXI A HECATOMB	21. ГЕКАТОМБА
The way of describing this unlooked-for scene, the history of the patriot ship, told at first so coldly, and the emotion with which this strange man pronounced the last words, the name of the Avenger, the significance of which could not escape me, all impressed itself deeply on my mind. My eyes did not leave the Captain, who, with his hand stretched out to sea, was watching with a glowing eye the glorious wreck. Perhaps I was never to know who he was, from whence he came, or where he was going to, but I saw the man move, and apart from the savant. It was no common misanthropy which had shut Captain Nemo and his companions within the Nautilus, but a hatred, either monstrous or sublime, which time could never weaken. Did this hatred still seek for vengeance? The future would soon teach me that. But the Nautilus was rising slowly to the surface of the sea, and the form of the Avenger disappeared by degrees from my sight. Soon a slight rolling told me that we were in the open air. At that moment a dull boom was heard. I looked at the Captain. He did not move.	Эта неожиданная сцена, эта манера говорить, эта историческая справка о корабле-патриоте, начатая холодным тоном, затем волнение, с каким этот своеобразный человек произносил последние слова, наконец самое название "Мститель", сказанное в подчеркнутом, ясном для меня значении, - все это глубоко запало в мою душу. Я не сводил глаз с капитана. А он, простирая руки к морю, смотрел горящим взором на достославные останки корабля. Может быть, мне и не суждено узнать, кто этот человек, откуда он пришел, куда идет, но я все яснее видел, как самый человек в нем выступал из-за ученого. Нет, не пошлая мизантропия загнала капитана Немо с его товарищами в железный корпус "Наутилуса", но ненависть, столь колоссальная и возвышенная, что само время не могло ее смягчить. Но эта ненависть, была ли она действенной, искала ли она возможностей для мести? Будущее мне это показало очень скоро. Между тем "Наутилус" стал тихо подниматься к морской поверхности; смутные формы "Мстителя" все больше и больше уходили с моих глаз. Наконец, легкая качка показала, что мы уже вышли на чистый воздух. В это время послышался глухой звук пушечного выстрела. Я взглянул на капитана. Капитан даже не пошевелился.