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De Profundis

           "Soyousay."

           "Andthesetwelveatacostof85leaguesdiagonally?"

           "Exactlyso."

           "Intwentydays?"

           "Yes."

           "Now,sixteenleaguesarethehundredthpartoftheearth’sradius.Atthisrateweshallbetwothousanddays,ornearlyfiveyearsandahalf,ingettingtothecentre."

           Noanswerwasvouchsafedtothisrationalconclusion."Withoutreckoning,too,thatifaverticaldepthofsixteenleaguescanbeattainedonlybyadiagonaldescentofeighty-four,itfollowsthatwemustgoeightthousandmilesinasouth-easterlydirection;sothatweshallemergefromsomepointintheearth’scircumferenceinsteadofgettingtothecentre!"

           "Confusiontoallyourfigures,andallyourhypothesesbesides,"shoutedmyuncleinasuddenrage."Whatisthebasisofthemall?Howdoyouknowthatthispassagedoesnotrunstraighttoourdestination?Besides,thereisaprecedent.Whatonemanhasdone,anothermaydo."

           "Ihopeso;but,still,Imaybepermitted"

           "Youshallhavemyleavetoholdyourtongue,Axel,butnottotalkinthatirrationalway."

           IcouldseetheawfulProfessorburstingthroughmyuncle’sskin,andItooktimelywarning.

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