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Chapter 8. “Mobilis in Mobili”

           Onewasshort,verymuscular,broad-shouldered,withrobustlimbs,stronghead,anabundanceofblackhair,thickmoustache,aquickpenetratinglook,andthevivacitywhichcharacterisesthepopulationofSouthernFrance.

           Thesecondstrangermeritsamoredetaileddescription.Imadeouthisprevailingqualitiesdirectly:self-confidencebecausehisheadwaswellsetonhisshoulders,andhisblackeyeslookedaroundwithcoldassurance;calmnessforhisskin,ratherpale,showedhiscoolnessofblood;energyevincedbytherapidcontractionofhisloftybrows;andcouragebecausehisdeepbreathingdenotedgreatpoweroflungs.

           Whetherthispersonwasthirty-fiveorfiftyyearsofage,Icouldnotsay.Hewastall,hadalargeforehead,straightnose,aclearlycutmouth,beautifulteeth,withfinetaperhands,indicativeofahighlynervoustemperament.ThismanwascertainlythemostadmirablespecimenIhadevermet.Oneparticularfeaturewashiseyes,ratherfarfromeachother,andwhichcouldtakeinnearlyaquarterofthehorizonatonce.

           Thisfaculty(Iverifieditlater)gavehimarangeofvisionfarsuperiortoNedLand’s.Whenthisstrangerfixeduponanobject,hiseyebrowsmet,hislargeeyelidsclosedaroundsoastocontracttherangeofhisvision,andhelookedasifhemagnifiedtheobjectslessenedbydistance,asifhepiercedthosesheetsofwatersoopaquetooureyes,andasifhereadtheverydepthsoftheseas.

           Thetwostrangers,withcapsmadefromthefuroftheseaotter,andshodwithseabootsofseal’sskin,weredressedinclothesofaparticulartexture,whichallowedfreemovementofthelimbs.Thetallerofthetwo,evidentlythechiefonboard,examineduswithgreatattention,withoutsayingaword;then,turningtohiscompanion,talkedwithhiminanunknowntongue.Itwasasonorous,harmonious,andflexibledialect,thevowelsseemingtoadmitofveryvariedaccentuation.

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