9:15
According to my calculations , we had to be quite close to Suez . Through the panels in the lounge , I spotted rocky bottoms brightly lit by our electric rays . It seemed to me that the strait was getting narrower and narrower . At 9:15 when our boat returned to the surface , I climbed onto the platform . I was quite impatient to clear Captain Nemo 's tunnel , could n't sit still , and wanted to breathe the fresh night air . Soon , in the shadows , I spotted a pale signal light glimmering a mile away , half discolored by mist . `` A floating lighthouse , '' said someone next to me .