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Chapter 28

           "Withourtrain?"

           "Withourtrain."

           Passepartoutstoppedshort,andeagerlylistenedtotheengineer.

           "Butthebridgeisunsafe,"urgedtheconductor.

           "Nomatter,"repliedForster;"Ithinkthatbyputtingontheveryhighestspeedwemighthaveachanceofgettingover."

           "Thedevil!"mutteredPassepartout.

           Butanumberofthepassengerswereatonceattractedbytheengineer’sproposal,andColonelProctorwasespeciallydelighted,andfoundtheplanaveryfeasibleone.Hetoldstoriesaboutengineersleapingtheirtrainsoverriverswithoutbridges,byputtingonfullsteam;andmanyofthosepresentavowedthemselvesoftheengineer’smind.

           "Wehavefiftychancesoutofahundredofgettingover,"saidone.

           "Eighty!ninety!"

           Passepartoutwasastounded,and,thoughreadytoattemptanythingtogetoverMedicineCreek,thoughttheexperimentproposedalittletooAmerican."Besides,"thoughthe,"there’sastillmoresimpleway,anditdoesnotevenoccurtoanyofthesepeople!Sir,"saidhealoudtooneofthepassengers,"theengineer’splanseemstomealittledangerous,but"

           "Eightychances!"repliedthepassenger,turninghisbackonhim.

           "Iknowit,"saidPassepartout,turningtoanotherpassenger,"butasimpleidea"

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