Загублений світ
A Procession! A Procession!
Thus,then,friendMacinhisreport:
THENEWWORLD
GREATMEETINGATTHEQUEEN’SHALL
SCENESOFUPROAR
EXTRAORDINARYINCIDENT
WHATWASIT?
NOCTURNALRIOTINREGENTSTREET
(Special)
"Themuch-discussedmeetingoftheZoologicalInstitute,convenedtohearthereportoftheCommitteeofInvestigationsentoutlastyeartoSouthAmericatotesttheassertionsmadebyProfessorChallengerastothecontinuedexistenceofprehistoriclifeuponthatContinent,washeldlastnightinthegreaterQueen’sHall,anditissafetosaythatitislikelytobearedletterdateinthehistoryofScience,fortheproceedingswereofsoremarkableandsensationalacharacterthatnoonepresentiseverlikelytoforgetthem."(Oh,brotherscribeMacdona,whatamonstrousopeningsentence!)"Theticketsweretheoreticallyconfinedtomembersandtheirfriends,butthelatterisanelasticterm,andlongbeforeeighto’clock,thehourfixedforthecommencementoftheproceedings,allpartsoftheGreatHallweretightlypacked.Thegeneralpublic,however,whichmostunreasonablyentertainedagrievanceathavingbeenexcluded,stormedthedoorsataquartertoeight,afteraprolongedmeleeinwhichseveralpeoplewereinjured,includingInspectorScobleofH.Division,whoselegwasunfortunatelybroken.Afterthisunwarrantableinvasion,whichnotonlyfilledeverypassage,butevenintrudeduponthespacesetapartforthePress,itisestimatedthatnearlyfivethousandpeopleawaitedthearrivalofthetravelers.
