Famine, then Victory, Followed by Dismay

           Ihadonlyjusttimetoreplacetheunfortunatedocumentuponthetable.

           ProfessorLiedenbrockseemedtobegreatlyabstracted.

           Therulingthoughtgavehimnorest.Evidentlyhehadgonedeeplyintothematter,analyticallyandwithprofoundscrutiny.Hehadbroughtalltheresourcesofhismindtobearuponitduringhiswalk,andhehadcomebacktoapplysomenewcombination.

           Hesatinhisarmchair,andpeninhandhebeganwhatlookedverymuchlikealgebraicformula:Ifollowedwithmyeyeshistremblinghands,Itookcountofeverymovement.Mightnotsomeunhoped-forresultcomeofit?Itrembled,too,veryunnecessarily,sincethetruekeywasinmyhands,andnootherwouldopenthesecret.

           Forthreelonghoursmyuncleworkedonwithoutaword,withoutliftinghishead;rubbingout,beginningagain,thenrubbingoutagain,andsoonahundredtimes.

           Iknewverywellthatifhesucceededinsettingdowntheselettersineverypossiblerelativeposition,thesentencewouldcomeout.ButIknewalsothattwentylettersalonecouldformtwoquintillions,fourhundredandthirty-twoquadrillions,ninehundredandtwotrillions,eightbillions,ahundredandseventy-sixmillions,sixhundredandfortythousandcombinations.Now,herewereahundredandthirty-twolettersinthissentence,andthesehundredandthirty-twoletterswouldgiveanumberofdifferentsentences,eachmadeupofatleastahundredandthirty-threefigures,anumberwhichpassedfarbeyondallcalculationorconception.

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