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A Mystery to Be Solved at Any Price

           Thiswastheappearanceofadirtyslipofparchment,whichslippedoutofthevolumeandfelluponthefloor. 

           Myunclepounceduponthisshredwithincredibleavidity. Anolddocument,enclosedanimmemorialtimewithinthefoldsofthisoldbook,hadforhimanimmeasurablevalue. 

           "What’sthis? "hecried. 

           Andhelaidoutuponthetableapieceofparchment,fiveinchesbythree,andalongwhichweretracedcertainmysteriouscharacters. 

           Hereistheexactfacsimile. Ithinkitimportanttoletthesestrangesignsbepubliclyknown,fortheywerethemeansofdrawingonProfessorLiedenbrockandhisnephewtoundertakethemostwonderfulexpeditionofthenineteenthcentury. 

           

           TheProfessormusedafewmomentsoverthisseriesofcharacters; thenraisinghisspectacleshepronounced: 

           "TheseareRunicletters; theyareexactlylikethoseofthemanuscriptofSnorreTurlleson. But,whatonearthistheirmeaning?" 

           Runiclettersappearingtomymindtobeaninventionofthelearnedtomystifythispoorworld,Iwasnotsorrytoseemyunclesufferingthepangsofmystification. Atleast,soitseemedtome,judgingfromhisfingers,whichwerebeginningtoworkwithterribleenergy. 

           "ItiscertainlyoldIcelandic,"hemutteredbetweenhisteeth. 

           AndProfessorLiedenbrockmusthaveknown,forhewasacknowledgedtobequiteapolyglot. 

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