Four Thousand Leagues Linder the Pacific Ocean

The next morning, the 18th of November, I went up to the platform early, no longer feeling tired after the long sea adventure the day before. Captain Nemo soon appeared to take observations on our location, but said nothing to me. A few moments later, a number of other man came up to the platform, as well. They came from the nations all over the world, but onboard the Nautilus, only used their mysterious language that I had head the captian speak.

Just after I stepped back into the submarine, the captain turned to speak to me, Professor Aronnax, he asked, do you know the depth of the ocean?