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           ItmaybeaddedthatCyrusHardinghadinnowayexaggeratedthedangertobeapprehended.Manypersonshaveformedanideathatitwouldbepossibletoextinguishvolcanoes,whicharealmostalwayssituatedontheshoresofaseaorlake,byopeningapassagefortheadmissionofthewater.Buttheyarenotawarethatthiswouldbetoincurtheriskofblowingupaportionoftheglobe,likeaboilerwhosesteamissuddenlyexpandedbyintenseheat.Thewater,rushingintoacavitywhosetemperaturemightbeestimatedatthousandsofdegrees,wouldbeconvertedintosteamwithasuddenenergywhichnoenclosurecouldresist.

           Itwasnotthereforedoubtfulthattheisland,menacedbyafrightfulandapproachingconvulsion,wouldendureonlysolongasthewallofDakkarGrottoitselfshouldendure.Itwasnotevenaquestionofmonths,norofweeks,butofdays;itmightbeofhours.

           Thefirstsentimentwhichthecolonistsfeltwasthatofprofoundsorrow.Theythoughtnotsomuchoftheperilwhichmenacedthemselvespersonally,butofthedestructionoftheislandwhichhadshelteredthem,whichtheyhadcultivated,whichtheylovedsowell,andhadhopedtorendersoflourishing.Somucheffortineffectuallyexpended,somuchlaborlost.

           Pencroftcouldnotpreventalargetearfromrollingdownhischeek,nordidheattempttoconcealit.

           Somefurtherconversationnowtookplace.

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