Serious Preparations for Vertical Descent

           Altona,whichisbutasuburbofHamburg,istheterminusoftheKielrailway,whichwastocarryustotheBelts.IntwentyminuteswewereinHolstein.

           Athalf-pastsixthecarriagestoppedatthestation;myuncle’snumerouspackages,hisvoluminousimpedimenta,wereunloaded,removed,labelled,weighed,putintotheluggagevans,andatsevenwewereseatedfacetofaceinourcompartment.Thewhistlesounded,theenginestarted,wewereoff.

           WasIresigned?No,notyet.Yetthecoolmorningairandthescenesontheroad,rapidlychangedbytheswiftnessofthetrain,drewmeawaysomewhatfrommysadreflections.

           AsfortheProfessor’sreflections,theywentfarinadvanceoftheswiftestexpress.Wewerealoneinthecarriage,butwesatinsilence.Myuncleexaminedallhispocketsandhistravellingbagwiththeminutestcare.Isawthathehadnotforgottenthesmallestmatterofdetail.

           Amongstotherdocuments,asheetofpaper,carefullyfolded,boretheheadingoftheDanishconsulatewiththesignatureofW.Christiensen,consulatHamburgandtheProfessor’sfriend.WiththiswepossessedtheproperintroductionstotheGovernorofIceland.

           Ialsoobservedthefamousdocumentmostcarefullylaidupinasecretpocketinhisportfolio.Ibestowedamaledictionuponit,andthenproceededtoexaminethecountry.

           Itwasaverylongsuccessionofuninterestingloamyandfertileflats,averyeasycountryfortheconstructionofrailways,andpropitiousforthelaying-downofthesedirectlevellinessodeartorailwaycompanies.

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