20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (Sheba Blake Classics)

I found myself in a kind of passage lighted by electricity, similar to the waist of a ship. After we had proceeded a dozen yards, a second door opened before me.
I then entered a dining-room, decorated and furnished in severe taste. High oaken sideboards, inlaid with ebony, stood at the two extremities of the room, and upon their shelves glittered china, porcelain, and glass of inestimable value. The plate on the table sparkled in the rays which the luminous ceiling shed around, while the light was tempered and softened by exquisite paintings.
In the centre of the room was a table richly laid out.

the bottoms of these seas look like a field of battle, where still lie all the conquered of the ocean

the bottoms of these seas look like a field of battle, where still lie all the conquered of the ocean