【】,ifabullethittheballoon”
”nonsequeall,exceptthataslightescapeofgaswould
takeplace.
”there,othecloudsrouble
anyreaboutus.”
”ithoughtthatohavehe
baroteratthehotelhadfallenagooddeal;andtheclouds,
beforearted,lookedlikeitbut,noeuphere,we
donotseeove.”
inaiheypassedthroughthelayerofclouds,
andthesunshhtlyupoheylookeddownonaseaof
ist,houtabreak.
”there,”ralphntinued,”ed.theseclouds
beloove,nordowe.”
”youoecliersaid.”e
direespeed,astheclouds.itisjustasif
you.ifyouuldsee
nobanks,orotherstationaryobjeightbelieveyourself
tobestandingstill;edforthe
rateoftilesanhour.aybetraveling,noyor
fiftylesanhour;andasiagreehyou,astothelookofthe
cloudsbeforestarting,ibelievethatany
rate,thatravelingfastbutiion,orat
rate,ihavenoans,ever,ofknowing.
”evenifoved,relativelytothecloudsbelowus,
thatedifferent
frohatbelow.”
”buthoofindoutaboutit”percyasked.
”ustkeepasharplookoutforriftsintheclouds.ifould
getapeepoftheearth,onlyfora
totellusthedireeextent,thespeedathwe
aregoing.”
theboys,invain,huheside.theseaofcloudsbeh
thehanged,andsassesofvaporovereach
other;asifaofsogiganticreptilesh
the
”therestbeagreatdealofoatfortheserapid
,”percysaid,afteralongsilence.”supposeyou
seenothingoftheearthateodesd”
”infivehoursfrohetiofstarting,attilesan
hoursupposingthatthehhof
theloire,soeleven
ok,then,ioutgas;andgodoheclouds,to
seesregheuntry,orsee
anyriverayguideus,leastseeourdire
andrateofvent;andeitherthrooreneers,and
keeponforaonce.”
ittenok,ry.
”thesea”hesaid;”thesea”
”iossible,”ecliersaid,hangiheside;”i
seenothing.”
”nori,nopse,justnow,
andiostsoitsbeihoughhoould
getthere,idontknow.”
”ifitis,”theaeronautsaid,”theustbeblowinghalfa
gale,uphere;andsthavegedentirely,eithertothe
orsouth.itistooserioustohesitate;ustfindoutifyour
eyeshavenotdeceivedyou.”
sosaying,hepulledthevalve.
”keepasharplookout,andlookatthepass.”
”there,there”theboyscried,asthecloudsopenedagain,foran
instant.”itisthesea,and.”
”thenoecliersaid.
thegasthevalveabove,andtheballoonsank
rapidlyintothestratufinute,all;
ahell.theyonsiderable
distancefroheast,andhgreat
rapidity.iediatelyuheballoon
sizeand,beyondthat,nolandeverwasvisible.
”ustdesdonthatisland,or.itisouronly
ce.”
thevalveillopen;anditsinfluencewaseasilyseen,for
theballoonsankrapidlydhtheopeningoftheclouds.
”ed,siltaneously.
ittooevident.theballoon,hefirstgeneralviewof
thesituationhadbeenobtained,ilehigh;andwas
travelingseailesanhour.theisland,
atthepointatiles
ileoverit,beforethey
obtaine**irvieiherefore,theywouldbe
beyondthelandagain;andtheyhadtofallale,inthatti.
”oecliersaid.”tearitup.we
striskeverything.”
theboysseizedthesilk,tore,andhackedatit;asdidthe
aeronaut.intinutes,avastquantityofgashadescapedfrobr>
therents,andthesilkhetopofthe.
illustratiohesea
”thate,
now.”
theboyslookedoverthed,austodastheyhadbeento
fager,alled.
”itisallupe,”ralphsaid;”weshallhe
sshed,altogether.”
”no,”theaeronautexclaid,”thesilkisagasaparachute,
hroallthe
bundles.”
theydidso,lyandhdifficulty;forthecarwas
oscillatingsogreatlythattheyoholdon,byits
side,nottobethro.thedesthanithad
been,buting.
”isthereace”ralphsaid.
”offoecliersaid.”thecar
isdeoficasaball.dropthe
grapnel,noinute,hinholding
distance.”
astheballoonheground,theoseless
violent,andthepaished.
”thegrapnelisontheground,”percysaid,lookingover.
”holdtight,holdtight,”ecliersaid,waingly.”we
shallhfastontothosetrees.”
thereendousjerks,and
thenabuagainsttheground;allintothe
bottofthecar,froutonto
theground.fortuhegroundhesoilhad
latelybeenploe
nutesbeforeeitheroftheboysreverednsciousness.when
theydidso,theyfoundthattenwereleaning
overtheshe
direoeclier,toholdtheballoonhwas
thrashingthegroundhgreatviolence.
”thankgod,youareallalive,”ohegentlensaid.
apeasantnoerunningup,eanwho
hadspokendashedalittleintheirfaces.
”idonotthinkanyofyourlisar
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