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`` No doubt , sir , but the error will be under 100 meters , and that 's close enough for us . Until tomorrow then . '' Captain Nemo went back on board . Conseil and I stayed behind until five o'clock , surveying the beach , observing and studying . The only unusual object I picked up was an auk 's egg of remarkable size , for which a collector would have paid more than 1,000 francs . Its cream-colored tint , plus the streaks and markings that decorated it like so many hieroglyphics , made it a rare trinket . I placed it in Conseil 's hands , and holding it like precious porcelain from China , that cautious , sure-footed lad got it back to the Nautilus in one piece .