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Chapter III. Submerged

           "IfyouallwanttoseeitthroughIamwithyou.It’sdoocedinterestin’,andnomistakeaboutthat.I’vehadmyshareofadventuresinmylife,andasmanythrillsasmostfolk,butI’mendin’onmytopnote."

           "Grantingthecontinuityoflife,"saidChallenger.

           "Alargeassumption!"criedSummerlee.Challengerstaredathiminsilentreproof.

           "Grantingthecontinuityoflife,"saidhe,inhismostdidacticmanner,"noneofuscanpredicatewhatopportunitiesofobservationonemayhavefromwhatwemaycallthespiritplanetotheplaneofmatter.Itsurelymustbeevidenttothemostobtuseperson"(hereheglaredaSummerlee)"thatitiswhileweareourselvesmaterialthatwearemostfittedtowatchandformajudgmentuponmaterialphenomena.Thereforeitisonlybykeepingaliveforthesefewextrahoursthatwecanhopetocarryonwithustosomefutureexistenceaclearconceptionofthemoststupendouseventthattheworld,ortheuniversesofarasweknowit,haseverencountered.Tomeitwouldseemadeplorablethingthatweshouldinanywaycurtailbysomuchasaminutesowonderfulanexperience."

           "Iamstronglyofthesameopinion,"criedSummerlee.

           "Carriedwithoutadivision,"saidLordJohn."ByGeorge,thatpoordevilofachauffeurofyoursdownintheyardhasmadehislastjourney.Nousemakin’asallyandbringin’himin?"

           "Itwouldbeabsolutemadness,"criedSummerlee.

           "Well,Isupposeitwould,"saidLordJohn."Itcouldn’thelphimandwouldscatterourgasalloverthehouse,evenifweevergotbackalive.

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