Be that as it may, by the next day the Nautilus had left its home port and was navigating well out from any shore, a few meters beneath the waves of the Atlantic.
Quoi qu'il en soit, le lendemain, le _Nautilus_, ayant quitté son port d'attache, naviguait au large de toute terre, et à quelques mètres au-dessous des flots de l'Atlantique.