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Headlong Speed Upward Through the Horrors of Darkness

           Myuncletookthepieceofmeatandthefewbiscuitswhichhadescapedfromthegeneraldestruction.Hedividedthemintothreeequalportionsandgaveonetoeach.Thismadeaboutapoundofnourishmentforeach.TheProfessoratehisgreedily,withakindoffeverishrage.Iatewithoutpleasure,almostwithdisgust;Hansquietly,moderately,masticatinghissmallmouthfulswithoutanynoise,andrelishingthemwiththecalmnessofamanaboveallanxietyaboutthefuture.BydiligentsearchhehadfoundaflaskofHollands;heofferedittouseachinturn,andthisgenerousbeveragecheeredusupslightly.

           "Forträfflig,"saidHans,drinkinginhisturn.

           "Excellent,"repliedmyuncle.

           Aglimpseofhopehadreturned,althoughwithoutcause.Butourlastmealwasover,anditwasnowfiveinthemorning.

           Manissoconstitutedthathealthisapurelynegativestate.Hungeroncesatisfied,itisdifficultforamantoimaginethehorrorsofstarvation;theycannotbeunderstoodwithoutbeingfelt.

           Thereforeitwasthatafterourlongfastthesefewmouthfulsofmeatandbiscuitmadeustriumphoverourpastagonies.

           Butassoonasthemealwasdone,weeachofusfelldeepintothought.WhatwasHansthinkingofthatmanofthefarWest,butwhoseemedruledbythefatalistdoctrinesoftheEast?

           Asforme,mythoughtsweremadeupofremembrances,andtheycarriedmeuptothesurfaceoftheglobeofwhichIoughtnevertohavetakenleave.

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