JULES VERNE THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND CHAPTER 61 Đây là một tác phẩm anh ngữ nổi tiếng với những từ vựng nâng cao chuyên ngành văn chương. Nhằm giúp các bạn yêu thich tiếng anh luyện tập và củng cố thêm kỹ năng đọc tiếng anh . | JULES VERNE THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND CHAPTER 61 The next day the 8th day of January after a day and night passed at the corral where they left all in order Cyrus Harding and Ayrton arrived at Granite House. The engineer immediately called his companions together and informed them of the imminent danger which threatened Lincoln Island and from which no human power could deliver them. My friends he said and his voice betrayed the depth of his emotion our island is not among those which will endure while this earth endures. It is doomed to more or less speedy destruction the cause of which it bears within itself and from which nothing can save it. The colonists looked at each other then at the engineer. They did not clearly comprehend him. Explain yourself Cyrus said Gideon Spilett. I will do so replied Cyrus Harding or rather I will simply afford you the explanation which during our few minutes of private conversation was given me by Captain Nemo. Captain Nemo exclaimed the colonists. Yes and it was the last service he desired to render us before his death The last service exclaimed Pencroft the last service You will see that though he is dead he will render us others yet But what did the captain say inquired the reporter. I will tell you my friends said the engineer. Lincoln Island does not resemble the other islands of the Pacific and a fact of which Captain Nemo has made me cognizant must sooner or later bring about the subversion of its foundation. Nonsense Lincoln Island it can t be cried Pencroft who in spite of the respect he felt for Cyrus Harding could not prevent a gesture of incredulity. Listen Pencroft resumed the engineer I will tell you what Captain Nemo communicated to me and which I myself confirmed yesterday during the exploration of Dakkar Grotto. This cavern stretches under the island as far as the volcano and is only separated from its central shaft by the wall which terminates it. Now this wall is seamed with fissures and clefts which already allow
