The Crystal City Under the Sea
“a promise on his word of honour to reveal nothing, till he had heard from him again, of what they had seen at the bottom of the sea. This was no small concession on the part of so vain and egotistical a man, convinced, as he was, that the discovery was his own. René alleged the necessity of perfecting his methods of investigation and of completing his notes before submitting them to the learned bodies; and the prince, well knowing that he could do nothing without, his “young and distinguished c...ollaborator,” allowed himself to be persuaded.In fact, what René now wanted was to be let alone. He needed plenty of liberty, and he wished to be under no further obligation to the proprietor of the Cinderella. Since he had seen once more the mysterious home of his sea-nymph; since through the transparent walls he had refound her lovely form, the idea of any intrusion whatever in his enterprise was intolerable. He wished to pursue it alone and by more decisive means than the diving-bell that he had invented.MoreLess
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