*It's really marvellous. But one word more about the engine. You 

 told me that it was quite small, and yet you mentioned a speed of 60 

 knots.' 



The two move to the other side of the control-room. 



*Here it is.' 



* But it's a toy ! And what is in this locker ? ' 



*It is our electronic brain. It neutralizes, at the very moment of their 

 origin, all the eddies which may arise all along the hull, so that the 

 resistance we produce is almost nil. And so this little engine is more 

 than able to maintain our 60 knots.' 



'All that is impressive, really superhuman. Who invented this 

 miracle ? ' 



* In the grand saloon you have no doubt noticed a marine painting 

 showing a dolphin cutting through the waves. It was under his 

 direction that our engineers designed this new submarine which 

 bears his name.' 



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