Загублений світ
A Procession! A Procession!
(Allright,Mac,waittillIgetyoualone!)
"Whenquiethadbeenrestoredandtheaudienceresumedtheirseatsaftertheovationwhichtheyhadgiventothetravelers,thechairman,theDukeofDurham,addressedthemeeting.‘Hewouldnot,’hesaid,‘standformorethanamomentbetweenthatvastassemblyandthetreatwhichlaybeforethem.ItwasnotforhimtoanticipatewhatProfessorSummerlee,whowasthespokesmanofthecommittee,hadtosaytothem,butitwascommonrumorthattheirexpeditionhadbeencrownedbyextraordinarysuccess.’(Applause.)‘Apparentlytheageofromancewasnotdead,andtherewascommongrounduponwhichthewildestimaginingsofthenovelistcouldmeettheactualscientificinvestigationsofthesearcherfortruth.Hewouldonlyadd,beforehesatdown,thatherejoiced—andallofthemwouldrejoice—thatthesegentlemenhadreturnedsafeandsoundfromtheirdifficultanddangeroustask,foritcannotbedeniedthatanydisastertosuchanexpeditionwouldhaveinflictedawell-nighirreparablelosstothecauseofZoologicalscience.’(Greatapplause,inwhichProfessorChallengerwasobservedtojoin.)
"ProfessorSummerlee’srisingwasthesignalforanotherextraordinaryoutbreakofenthusiasm,whichbrokeoutagainatintervalsthroughouthisaddress.
