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Boldly Down the Crater

           Atthebottomofthecraterwerethreechimneys,throughwhich,initseruptions,Snæfellhaddrivenforthfireandlavafromitscentralfurnace.Eachofthesechimneyswasahundredfeetindiameter.Theygapedbeforeusrightinourpath.Ihadnotthecouragetolookdowneitherofthem.ButProfessorLiedenbrockhadhastilysurveyedallthree;hewaspanting,runningfromonetotheother,gesticulating,andutteringincoherentexpressions.Hansandhiscomrades,seateduponlooselavarocks,lookedathimwithasmuchwonderastheyknewhowtoexpress,andperhapstakinghimforanescapedlunatic.

           Suddenlymyuncleutteredacry.Ithoughthisfootmusthaveslippedandthathehadfallendownoneoftheholes.But,no;Isawhim,witharmsoutstretchedandlegsstraddlingwideapart,erectbeforeagraniterockthatstoodinthecentreofthecrater,justlikeapedestalmadereadytoreceiveastatueofPluto.Hestoodlikeamanstupefied,butthestupefactionsoongavewaytodeliriousrapture.

           "Axel,Axel,"hecried."Come,come!"

           Iran.HansandtheIcelandersneverstirred.

           "Look!"criedtheProfessor.

           And,sharinghisastonishment,butIthinknothisjoy,Ireadonthewesternfaceoftheblock,inRuniccharacters,halfmoulderedawaywithlapseofages,thisthrice-accursedname:

           

           "ArneSaknussemm!"repliedmyuncle."Doyouyetdoubt?"

           Imadenoanswer;andIreturnedinsilencetomylavaseatinastateofutterspeechlessconsternation.Herewascrushingevidence.

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