twenty minutes
to three p.m.
Then , chart in hand , we reviewed the travels of the French navigator , his voyages of circumnavigation , his double detention at the South Pole , which led to the discovery of Adelaide and Louis Philippe , and fixing the hydrographical bearings of the principal islands of Oceania . `` That which your D'Urville has done on the surface of the seas , '' said Captain Nemo , `` that have I done under them , and more easily , more completely than he . The Astrolabe and the Zelee , incessantly tossed about by the hurricane , could not be worth the Nautilus , quiet repository of labour that she is , truly motionless in the midst of the waters . `` To-morrow , '' added the Captain , rising , `` to-morrow , at twenty minutes to three p.m. , the Nautilus shall float , and leave the Strait of Torres uninjured . '' Having curtly pronounced these words , Captain Nemo bowed slightly . This was to dismiss me , and I went back to my room . There I found Conseil , who wished to know the result of my interview with the Captain .