Both boys were overwhelmed with the bonus. They had expected to be paid off at the expiration of their contracts, according to the terms of the agreement under which they had been employed in June. This had stipulated they would receive an additional honorarium in the event the company was successful in salvaging any treasure during the summer. But this additional check for $1000 was almost too good to believe. "Now we can go right through to the diploma at Brighton," chirruped Jay as he danced around Fismes. "And have some left for college," added Dick. Delighted, they ran straight home to acquaint their families with the good news. To have been so handsomely rewarded was something they had never dreamed of. Now they were certain to go through with their cherished plans for an education that would enable them to compete with the best brains of the world. A few days later the boys received a summons to the office of "Montey" Brown again. Their contracts ran on until September 10th, and they were still subject to call. They found Captain Austin and Superintendent Brown awaiting them. "What do you say, boys, to a little more fun before you leave us?" asked "Montey." "Good enough," replied Jay. To which Dick added a "Fire away." "All right," resumed the superintendent. "You remember we didn't finish up the job on the old _Dominion_ off Martha's Vineyard. Remember, we got most of the diamonds, but left the gold bullion. Thousands of dollars' worth of precious metal down there yet." "What we want to do is to go back there and finish up the job while you boys are still with us," "Montey" Brown was saying. "We propose to use the _Jules Verne_ and the _Nautilus_ this time instead of sending you down as divers from the _Nemo_--that is, if you are willing." Were they willing? Sure they were, and anxious to be off whenever the salvage ship officials said the word. They said so, too, in emphatic words that left no doubt as to the fact that neither of the Brighton lads had lost his nerve as a result of their experiences of the summer. "Let's go, men," Jay responded. "We still have a few weeks of our contract time left and nothing would suit us better than to visit the old _Dominion_ again." That settled it. The boys were informed the _Jules Verne_ would sail the following morning at sunrise and they would be counted on to report in time for the sailing. The _Jules Verne_ and the _Nautilus_ had been completely repaired again after the breakdown in Long Island Sound on the occasion of the coal barge incident. Taken into drydock and carefully examined, it had developed that the _Nautilus_ was intact, despite the bomb explosion. None of her seams had been strained and she had been fitted out with new equipment that made a repetition of the accident in which the two boys nearly lost their lives next to an impossibility.