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Serious Preparations for Vertical Descent

           Aslongaswewereprotectedontheinsideofthewindingstaircaseupthetower,allwaswellenough;butaftertoilingupahundredandfiftystepsthefreshaircametosalutemyface,andwewereontheleadsofthetower.Theretheaerialstaircasebeganitsgyrations,onlyguardedbyathinironrail,andthenarrowingstepsseemedtoascendintoinfinitespace!

           "NevershallIbeabletodoit,"Isaid.

           "Don’tbeacoward;comeup,sir";saidmyunclewiththecoldestcruelty.

           Ihadtofollow,clutchingateverystep.Thekeenairmademegiddy;Ifeltthespirerockingwitheverygustofwind;mykneesbegantofail;soonIwascrawlingonmyknees,thencreepingonmystomach;Iclosedmyeyes;Iseemedtobelostinspace.

           AtlastIreachedtheapex,withtheassistanceofmyuncledraggingmeupbythecollar.

           "Lookdown!"hecried."Lookdownwell!Youmusttakealesson

           inabysses."

           Iopenedmyeyes.Isawhousessquashedflatasiftheyhadallfallendownfromtheskies;asmokefogseemedtodrownthem.Overmyheadraggedcloudsweredriftingpast,andbyanopticalinversiontheyseemedstationary,whilethesteeple,theballandIwereallspinningalongwithfantasticspeed.Farawayononesidewasthegreencountry,ontheothertheseasparkled,bathedinsunlight.TheSoundstretchedawaytoElsinore,dottedwithafewwhitesails,likesea-gulls’wings;andinthemistyeastandawaytothenorth-eastlayoutstretchedthefaintly-shadowedshoresofSweden.Allthisimmensityofspacewhirledandwavered,fluctuatingbeneathmyeyes.

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