The possibility of perishing in our reckless undertaking was the least of my worries; my heart was pounding at the thought that our plans might be discovered before we had left the Nautilus, at the thought of being hauled in front of Captain Nemo and finding him angered, or worse, saddened by my deserting him.
Het denkbeeld in onze gewaagde onderneming niet te slagen was de minste mijner zorgen, maar de gedachte ons plan ontdekt te zien vóór wij den Nautilus verlaten hadden, en gebracht te worden voor den toornigen, of, wat nog erger was, den door onze vlucht treurigen kapitein, dat deed mijn hart hevig kloppen.