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All’s Well that Ends Well

           "Farval,"saidheoneday;andwiththatsimplewordheleftusandsailedforRejkiavik,whichhereachedinsafety.

           Wewerestronglyattachedtoourbraveeider-downhunter;thoughfarawayintheremotestnorth,hewillneverbeforgottenbythosewhoselivesheprotected,andcertainlyIshallnotfailtoendeavourtoseehimoncemorebeforeIdie.

           Toconclude,Ihavetoaddthatthis‘JourneyintotheInterioroftheEarth’createdawonderfulsensationintheworld.Itwastranslatedintoallcivilisedlanguages.Theleadingnewspapersextractedthemostinterestingpassages,whichwerecommentedupon,pickedtopieces,discussed,attacked,anddefendedwithequalenthusiasmanddetermination,bothbybelieversandsceptics.Rareprivilege!myuncleenjoyedduringhislifetimethegloryhehaddeservedlywon;andhemayevenboastthedistinguishedhonourofanofferfromMr.Barnum,toexhibithimonmostadvantageoustermsinalltheprincipalcitiesintheUnitedStates!

           Buttherewasone‘deadfly’amidstallthisgloryandhonour;onefact,oneincident,ofthejourneyremainedamystery.Nowtoamaneminentforhislearning,anunexplainedphenomenonisanunbearablehardship.Well!itwasyetreservedformyuncletobecompletelyhappy.

           Oneday,whilearrangingacollectionofmineralsinhiscabinet,Inoticedinacornerthisunhappycompass,whichwehadlonglostsightof;Iopenedit,andbegantowatchit.

           Ithadbeeninthatcornerforsixmonths,littlemindfulofthetroubleitwasgiving.

           Suddenly,tomyintenseastonishment,Inoticedastrangefact,andIutteredacryofsurprise.

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