Chapter Iii. The Morhange Saint Avit Mission : * "Atlantida (L'Atlantide)", by Pierre Benoit, [1920], p. 43 CHAPTER III THE MORHANGE-SAINT-AVIT MISSION "So I killed Captain Morhange," Andr de Saint-Avit said to me the next day, at the same time, in the same place, with a calm that took no account of the night, the frightful night I had just...
Untitled : * This French novel of 'Atlantis in the Sahara' made a huge splash when it was published. The exotic Saharan setting, the stories of desert survival, the overpowering allure of the last Queen of Atlantis, make a memorable, if a bit pulpy, read. Over a dozen films have been made of this plot...
Chapter V. The Inscription : * "Atlantida (L'Atlantide)", by Pierre Benoit, [1920], p. 70 CHAPTER V THE INSCRIPTION With a blow of the tip of his cane Morhange knocked a fragment of rock from the black flank of the mountain. "What is it?" he asked, holding it out to me. "A basaltic peridot," I said. "It can't be very...
Chapter Xvi. The Silver Hammer : * "Atlantida (L'Atlantide)", by Pierre Benoit, [1920], p. 239 CHAPTER XVI THE SILVER HAMMER Je ne m'en dfends plus et je ne veux qu' aller Reconnatre la place o je dois l'immoler. (Andromaque.) It was this sort of a night when what I am going to tell you now happened. Toward five o'clock the sky...
Chapter Xiv. Hours Of Waiting : * "Atlantida (L'Atlantide)", by Pierre Benoit, [1920], p. 212 CHAPTER XIV HOURS OF WAITING It was at night that Saint-Avit liked to tell me a little of his enthralling history. He gave it to me in short instalments, exact and chronological, never anticipating the episodes of a drama whose tragic...
Chapter Xi. Antinea : * "Atlantida (L'Atlantide)", by Pierre Benoit, [1920], p. 161 CHAPTER XI ANTINEA My guide and I passed along another long corridor. My excitement increased. I was impatient for one thing only, to come face to face with that woman, to tell her... So far as anything else was concerned, I already w...
Chapter X. The Red Marble Hall : * "Atlantida (L'Atlantide)", by Pierre Benoit, [1920], p. 146 CHAPTER X THE RED MARBLE HALL We passed through an interminable series of stairs and corridors following M. Le Mesge. "You lose all sense of direction in this labyrinth," I muttered to Morhange. "Worse still, you will lose your head,"...
Chapter Xii. Morhange Disappears : * "Atlantida (L'Atlantide)", by Pierre Benoit, [1920], p. 176 CHAPTER XII MORHANGE DISAPPEARS My fatigue was so great that I lay as if unconscious until the next day. I awoke about three o'clock in the afternoon. I thought at once of the events of the previous day; they seemed amazing. "Let me see...
Chapter Vi. The Disaster Of The Lettuce : * "Atlantida (L'Atlantide)", by Pierre Benoit, [1920], p. 84 CHAPTER VI THE DISASTER OF THE LETTUCE As Eg-Anteouen and Bou-Djema came face to face, I fancied that both the Targa and the Chaamba gave a sudden start which each immediately repressed. It was nothing more than a fleeting impressi...
Chapter Xix. The Tanezruft : * "Atlantida (L'Atlantide)", by Pierre Benoit, [1920], p. 281 CHAPTER XIX THE TANEZRUFT During the first hour of our flight, the great mehari of Cegheir-ben-Cheikh carried us at a mad pace. We covered at least five leagues. With fixed eyes, I guided the beast toward the gour which the Targa had...
Chapter Viii. Awakening At Ahaggar : * "Atlantida (L'Atlantide)", by Pierre Benoit, [1920], p. 113 CHAPTER VIII AWAKENING AT AHAGGAR It was broad daylight when I opened my eyes. I thought at once of Morhange. I could not see him, but I heard him, close by, giving little grunts of surprise. I called to him. He ran to me. "Then they...
Chapter Ii. Captain De Saint Avit : * "Atlantida (L'Atlantide)", by Pierre Benoit, [1920], p. 26 CHAPTER II CAPTAIN DE SAINT-AVIT A few days sufficed to convince us that Chatelain's fears as to our official relations with the new chief were vain. Often I have thought that by the severity he showed at our first encounter Saint-Avit...
Chapter Xx. The Circle Is Complete : * "Atlantida (L'Atlantide)", by Pierre Benoit, [1920], p. 296 CHAPTER XX THE CIRCLE IS COMPLETE At the foot of the valley of the Mia, at the place where the jackal had cried the night Saint-Avit told me he had killed Morhange, another jackal, or perhaps the same one, howled again. Immediately I...
Chapter Iv. Towards Latitude 25 : * "Atlantida (L'Atlantide)", by Pierre Benoit, [1920], p. 54 CHAPTER IV TOWARDS LATITUDE 25 "You see," said Captain Morhange to me fifteen days later, "you are much better informed about the ancient routes through the Sahara than you have been willing to let me suppose, since you know...
Chapter Xvii. The Maidens Of The Rocks : * "Atlantida (L'Atlantide)", by Pierre Benoit, [1920], p. 253 CHAPTER XVII THE MAIDENS OF THE ROCKS I awakened in my room. The sun, already at its zenith, filled the place with unbearable light and heat. The first thing I saw, on opening my eyes, was the shade, ripped down, lying in the middle...
Chapter Xviii. The Fire Flies : * "Atlantida (L'Atlantide)", by Pierre Benoit, [1920], p. 266 CHAPTER XVIII THE FIRE-FLIES Through the great open window, waves of pale moonlight surged into my room. A slender white figure was standing beside the bed where I lay. "You, Tanit-Zerga!" I murmured. She laid a finger on her lips. "Sh...
Chapter Vii. The Country Of Fear : * "Atlantida (L'Atlantide)", by Pierre Benoit, [1920], p. 98 CHAPTER VII THE COUNTRY OF FEAR "It is curious," said Morhange, "to see how our expedition, uneventful since we left Ouargla, is now becoming exciting." He said this after kneeling for a moment in prayer before the painfully dug grave...
Chapter Ix. Atlantis : * "Atlantida (L'Atlantide)", by Pierre Benoit, [1920], p. 130 CHAPTER IX ATLANTIS M. Le Mesge looked at Morhange triumphantly. It was evident that he addressed himself exclusively to Morhange, considering him alone worthy of his confidences. "There have been many, sir," he said, "both French...
Chapter Xiii. The Hetman Of Jitomir's Story : * "Atlantida (L'Atlantide)", by Pierre Benoit, [1920], p. 192 CHAPTER XIII THE HETMAN OF JITOMIR'S STORY Count Casimir had reached that stage where drunkenness takes on a kind of gravity, of regretfulness. He thought a little, then began his story. I regret that I cannot reproduce more perfectly...
Chapter I. A Southern Assignment : * "Atlantida (L'Atlantide)", by Pierre Benoit, [1920], p. 9 CHAPTER I A SOUTHERN ASSIGNMENT Sunday, the sixth of June, 1903, broke the monotony of the life that we were leading at the Post of Hassi-Inifel by two events of unequal importance, the arrival of a letter from Mlle. de C , and the latest...
Chapter Xv. The Lament Of Tanit Zerga : * "Atlantida (L'Atlantide)", by Pierre Benoit, [1920], p. 225 CHAPTER XV THE LAMENT OF TANIT-ZERGA "Arrau, arrau." I roused myself vaguely from the half sleep to which I had finally succumbed. I half opened my eyes. Immediately I flattened back. "Arrau"." Two feet from my face was the muzzle...
Preface : * "Atlantida (L'Atlantide)", by Pierre Benoit, [1920], p. 3 ATLANTIDA Hassi-Inifel, November 8, 1903. If the following pages are ever to see the light of day it will be because they have been stolen from me. The delay that I exact before they shall be disclosed assures me of that. 1 As to this...
Title Page : * "Atlantida (L'Atlantide)", by Pierre Benoit, [1920], ATLANTIDA ("L'ATLANTIDE") BY PIERRE BENOIT TRANSLATED BY MARY C. TONGUE AND MARY ROSS NEW YORK DUFFIELD AND COMPANY [1920] Scanned, proofed and formatted by John Bruno Hare , November 2007. This text is in the public domain in the US because...