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Headlong Speed Upward Through the Horrors of Darkness

           Graduallywehadbeenobligedtothrowasideourcoatsandwaistcoats,the.lightestcoveringbecameuncomfortableandevenpainful.

           "Arewerisingintoafieryfurnace?"Icriedatonemomentwhentheheatwasredoubling.

           "No,"repliedmyuncle,"thatisimpossiblequiteimpossible!"

           "Yet,"Ianswered,feelingthewall,"thiswellisburninghot."

           Atthesamemoment,touchingthewater,Ihadtowithdrawmyhandinhaste.

           "Thewaterisscalding,"Icried.

           ThistimetheProfessor’sonlyanswerwasanangrygesture.

           Thenanunconquerableterrorseizeduponme,fromwhichIcouldnolongergetfree.Ifeltthatacatastrophewasapproachingbeforewhichtheboldestspiritmustquail.Adim,vaguenotionlaidholdofmymind,butwhichwasfasthardeningintocertainty.Itriedtorepelit,butitwouldreturn.Idarednotexpressitinplainterms.Yetafewinvoluntaryobservationsconfirmedmeinmyview.BytheflickeringlightofthetorchIcoulddistinguishcontortionsinthegranitebeds;aphenomenonwasunfoldinginwhichelectricitywouldplaytheprincipalpart;thenthisunbearableheat,thisboilingwater!Iconsultedthecompass.

           Thecompasshadlostitsproperties!ithadceasedtoactproperly!

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