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Attack and Riposte

           "Letusproceed,"repliedArdan,withperfectcoolness,"andcometooneimportantfact.AskillfulFrenchastronomer,M.Laussedat,inwatchingtheeclipseofJuly18,1860,probedthatthehornsofthelunarcrescentwereroundedandtruncated.Now,thisappearancecouldonlyhavebeenproducedbyadeviationofthesolarraysintraversingtheatmosphereofthemoon.Thereisnootherpossibleexplanationofthefacts."

           "Butisthisestablishedasafact?"

           "Absolutelycertain!"

           Acounter-movementheretookplaceinfavoroftheheroofthemeeting,whoseopponentwasnowreducedtosilence.Ardanresumedtheconversation;andwithoutexhibitinganyexultationattheadvantagehehadgained,simplysaid:

           "Yousee,then,mydearsir,wemustnotpronouncewithabsolutepositivenessagainsttheexistenceofanatmosphereinthemoon.Thatatmosphereis,probably,ofextremerarity;neverthelessatthepresentdaysciencegenerallyadmitsthatitexists."

           "Notinthemountains,atallevents,"returnedtheunknown,unwillingtogivein.

           "No!butatthebottomofthevalleys,andnotexceedingafewhundredfeetinheight."

           "Inanycaseyouwilldowelltotakeeveryprecaution,fortheairwillbeterriblyrarified."

           "Mygoodsir,therewillalwaysbeenoughforasolitaryindividual;besides,oncearrivedupthere,Ishalldomybesttoeconomize,andnottobreatheexceptongrandoccasions!"

           Atremendousroaroflaughterrangintheearsofthemysteriousinterlocutor,whoglaredfiercelyroundupontheassembly.

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