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第94章 BOOK III.(34)

"On some future expedition,"said Ayrault,"and when we have a supply of blue glasses,we can take a trip to Venus,if we can find a possible season in her year.Compared with this journey,it would be only like going round the block."Two days later they had rounded the sun,and laid their course in pursuit of the earth.

That the astronomers in the dark hemisphere were at their posts and saw them,was evident;for a brilliant beam of light again flashed forth,this time from a point a little south of the arctic circle,and after shining one minute,telegraphed this message:"Rejoiced to see you again.Hope all are well."Since they were not sufficiently near the moon's shadow,they directed their light-beam into their own,which trailed off on one side,and answered:"All well,thank you.Have wonderful things to relate."The men at the telescopes then,as before,read the message,and telephoned the light this next question:"When are you coming down,that we may notify the newspapers?""We wish one more sight of the earth from this height,by daylight.We are now swinging to get between it and the sun.""We have erected a monument in Van Cortlandt Park,and engraved upon it,'At this place James Bearwarden,Henry Chelmsford Cortlandt,and Richard Rokeby Ayrault left earth,December 21,A.

D.2000,to visit Jupiter.'"

"Add to it,'They returned on the 10th of the following June.'"Soon the Callisto came nearly between the earth and the sun,when the astronomers could see it only through darkened glasses,and it appeared almost as a crescent.The sight the travellers then beheld was superb.It was about 11A.M.in London,and Europe was spread before them like a map.All its peninsulas and islands,enclosed blue seas,and bays came out in clear relief.

Gradually Russia,Germany,France,the British Isles,and Spain moved towards the horizon,as in grand procession,and at the same time the Western hemisphere appeared.The hour of day at the longitude above which they hung was about the same as when they set out,but the sun shone far more directly upon the Northern hemisphere than then,and instead of bleak December,this was the leafy month of June.

They were loath to end the lovely scene,and would fain have remained where they were while the earth revolved again;but,remembering that their friends must by this time be waiting,they shut off the repulsion from the earth.

"We need not apply the apergy to the earth until quite near,"said Ayrault,"since a great part of the top speed will be taken off by the resistance of the atmosphere,especially as we go in base first.We have only to keep a sufficiently strong repulsion on the dome to prevent our turning over,and to see that our speed is not great enough to heat the car."When about fifty miles from the surface they felt the expected check,and concluded they had reached the upper limits of the atmosphere.And this increased,notwithstanding the decrease in their speed,showing how quickly the air became dense.

When about a mile from the earth they had the Callisto well in hand,and allowed it to descend slowly.The ground was already black with people,who,having learned where the Callisto was to touch,had hastened to Van Cortlandt Park.

"I am overjoyed to see you,"said Sylvia,when she and Ayrault met."I had the most dreadful presentiment that something had gone wrong with you.One afternoon and evening I was so perplexed,and during the night had a series of nightmares that Ishall never forget.I really believed you were near me,but your nature seemed to have changed,for,instead of its making me happy,I was frightfully distressed.The next day I was very ill,and unable to get up;but during the morning I fell asleep and had another dream,which was intensely realistic and made me believe--yes,convinced me--that you were well.After that dream I soon recovered;but oh,the anguish of the first!"Ayrault did not tell her then that he had been near her,and of his unspeakable suffering,of which hers had been but the echo.

Three weeks later a clergyman tied the knot that was to unite them forever.

While Sylvia and Ayrault were standing up to receive the congratulations of their friends,Bearwarden,in shaking his hand,said:

"Remember,we have been to neither Uranus,nor Neptune,nor Cassandra,which may be as interesting as anything we have seen.

Should you want to take another trip,count me as your humble servant."And Cortlandt,following behind him,said the same thing.

Shortly after this,Sylvia went up-stairs to change her dress,and when she came down she and Ayrault set out on their journey together through life,amid a chorus of cheers and a shower of rice.

Cortlandt then returned to his department at Washington,and Bearwarden resumed his duties with the Terrestrial Axis Straightening Company,in the presidential chair.

End

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