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Who could have Foreseen it?

           "Iammuchindebtedtoyouforyourgraciouspermission,"saidtheangryProfessor;forneverwasamansointolerantofeveryformofauthority."Sinceyouaregoodenoughtoallowit,Ishallmostcertainlytakeituponmyselftoactaspioneeruponthisoccasion."

           Seatinghimselfwithalegoverhangingtheabyssoneachside,andhishatchetslunguponhisback,Challengerhoppedhiswayacrossthetrunkandwassoonattheotherside.Heclamberedupandwavedhisarmsintheair.

           "Atlast!"hecried;"atlast!"

           Igazedanxiouslyathim,withavagueexpectationthatsometerriblefatewoulddartathimfromthecurtainofgreenbehindhim.Butallwasquiet,savethatastrange,many-coloredbirdflewupfromunderhisfeetandvanishedamongthetrees.

           Summerleewasthesecond.Hiswiryenergyiswonderfulinsofrailaframe.Heinsisteduponhavingtworiflesslunguponhisback,sothatbothProfessorswerearmedwhenhehadmadehistransit.Icamenext,andtriedhardnottolookdownintothehorriblegulfoverwhichIwaspassing.Summerleeheldoutthebutt-endofhisrifle,andaninstantlaterIwasabletograsphishand.AstoLordJohn,hewalkedacrossactuallywalkedwithoutsupport!Hemusthavenervesofiron.

           Andtherewewere,thefourofus,uponthedreamland,thelostworld,ofMapleWhite.Toallofusitseemedthemomentofoursupremetriumph.

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