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Famine, then Victory, Followed by Dismay

           WhichbadLatinmaybetranslatedthus:

           "Descend,boldtraveller,intothecraterofthejokulofSneffels,whichtheshadowofScartaristouchesbeforethekalendsofJuly,andyouwillattainthecentreoftheearth;whichIhavedone,ArneSaknussemm."

           Inreadingthis,myunclegaveaspringasifhehadtouchedaLeydenjar.Hisaudacity,hisjoy,andhisconvictionsweremagnificenttobehold.Hecameandhewent;heseizedhisheadbetweenbothhishands;hepushedthechairsoutoftheirplaces,hepileduphisbooks;incredibleasitmayseem,herattledhispreciousnodulesofflintstogether;hesentakickhere,athumpthere.Atlasthisnervescalmeddown,andlikeamanexhaustedbytoolavishanexpenditureofvitalpower,hesankbackexhaustedintohisarmchair.

           "Whato’clockisit?"heaskedafterafewmomentsofsilence.

           "Threeo’clock,"Ireplied.

           "Isitreally?Thedinner-hourispast,andIdidnotknowit.Iamhalfdeadwithhunger.Comeon,andafterdinner"

           "Well?"

           "Afterdinner,packupmytrunk."

           "What?"Icried.

           "Andyours!"repliedtheindefatigableProfessor,enteringthedining-room.

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