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Serious Preparations for Vertical Descent

           ButifmyunclefeltnoattractiontowardstheseromanticsceneshewasverymuchstruckwiththeaspectofacertainchurchspiresituatedintheislandofAmak,whichformsthesouth-westquarterofCopenhagen.

           Iwasorderedtodirectmyfeetthatway;Iembarkedonasmallsteamerwhichpliesonthecanals,andinafewminutesshetouchedthequayofthedockyard.

           Aftercrossingafewnarrowstreetswheresomeconvicts,introusershalfyellowandhalfgrey,wereatworkundertheordersofthegangers,wearrivedattheVorFrelsersKirk.Therewasnothingremarkableaboutthechurch;buttherewasareasonwhyitstallspirehadattractedtheProfessor’sattention.Startingfromthetopofthetower,anexternalstaircasewoundaroundthespire,thespiralscirclingupintothesky.

           "Letusgettothetop,"saidmyuncle.

           "Ishallbedizzy,"Isaid.

           "Themorereasonwhyweshouldgoup;wemustgetusedtoit."

           "But"

           "Come,Itellyou;don’twasteourtime."

           Ihadtoobey.Akeeperwholivedattheotherendofthestreethandedusthekey,andtheascentbegan.

           Myunclewentaheadwithalightstep.Ifollowedhimnotwithoutalarm,formyheadwasveryapttofeeldizzy;Ipossessedneithertheequilibriumofaneaglenorhisfearlessnature.

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