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           "Buthowshallwegodownthen."

           "Why,wemustfillourpocketswithstones."

           "Well,indeed,myworthyuncle,youareneveratalossforananswer."

           Idaredventurenofartherintotheregionofprobabilities,forImightpresentlyhavestumbleduponanimpossibility,whichwouldhavebroughttheProfessoronthescenewhenhewasnotwanted.

           Still,itwasevidentthattheair,underapressurewhichmightreachthatofthousandsofatmospheres,wouldatlastreachthesolidstate,andthen,evenifourbodiescouldresistthestrain,weshouldbestopped,andnoreasoningswouldbeabletogetusonanyfarther.

           ButIdidnotadvancethisargument.MyunclewouldhavemetitwithhisinevitableSaknussemm,aprecedentwhichpossessednoweightwithme;forevenifthejourneyofthelearnedIcelanderwerereallyattested,therewasoneverysimpleanswer,thatinthesixteenthcenturytherewasneitherbarometeroraneroidandthereforeSaknussemmcouldnottellhowfarhehadgone.

           ButIkeptthisobjectiontomyself,andwaitedthecourseofevents.

           Therestofthedaywaspassedincalculationsandinconversations.IremainedasteadfastadherentoftheopinionsofProfessorLiedenbrock,andIenviedthestolidindifferenceofHans,who,withoutgoingintocausesandeffects,wentonwithhiseyesshutwhereverhisdestinyguidedhim.

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