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Serious Preparations for Vertical Descent

           Thenightwasdark;therewasasharpbreezeandaroughsea,afewlightsappearedonshorethroughthethickdarkness;lateron,Icannottellwhen,adazzlinglightfromsomelighthousethrewabrightstreamoffirealongthewaves;andthisisallIcanrememberofthisfirstportionofoursail.

           AtseveninthemorningwelandedatKorsor,asmalltownonthewestcoastofZealand.Thereweweretransferredfromtheboattoanotherlineofrailway,whichtookusbyjustasflatacountryastheplainofHolstein.

           Threehours’travellingbroughtustothecapitalofDenmark.Myunclehadnotshuthiseyesallnight.InhisimpatienceIbelievehewastryingtoacceleratethetrainwithhisfeet.

           Atlasthediscernedastretchofsea.

           "TheSound!"hecried.

           Atourleftwasahugebuildingthatlookedlikeahospital.

           "That’salunaticasylum,"saidoneofortravellingcompanions.

           Verygood!thoughtI,justtheplacewewanttoendourdaysin;andgreatasitis,thatasylumisnotbigenoughtocontainallProfessorLiedenbrock’smadness!

           Atteninthemorning,atlast,wesetourfeetinCopenhagen;theluggagewasputuponacarriageandtakenwithourselvestothePhoenixHotelinBredaGate.Thistookhalfanhour,forthestationisoutofthetown.Thenmyuncle,afterahastytoilet,draggedmeafterhim.TheporteratthehotelcouldspeakGermanandEnglish;buttheProfessor,asapolyglot,questionedhimingoodDanish,anditwasinthesamelanguagethatthatpersonagedirectedhimtotheMuseumofNorthernAntiquities.

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