Chapter1 綺麗海盜船 A Gorgeous Corsair (第7/30頁)
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andDamierre,whentheyascendedatLyons,onthe15thofJanuary,1784.Ayoungmerchant,namedFontaine,scaledtherailing,attheriskofusettingtheequiage.Heaccomlishedthevoyage,andnobodywaskilled!”
“Onceontheearth,wewillconverse!”saidI,iquedatthetoneoflightnesswithwhichhesoke.
“Bah!donottalkofreturning!”
“DoyouthinkthenthatIshalldelaymydescent?”
“Descent!”saidhe,withsurrise.“Letusascend!”
AndbeforeIcouldreventhim,twobagsofsandwerethrownout,withoutevenbeingemtied.
“Monsieur!”saidI,angrily.
“Iknowyourskill,”reliedhe,comosedly;“yourbrilliantascensionshavemadesomenoiseintheworld.Exerienceisthesisterofractice,butitisalsofirstcousintotheory,andIhavelonganddeelystudiedtheaerostaticart.Ithasaffectedmybrain,”addedhe,sadly,fallingintoamutetoror.
Theballoon,afterhavingrisen,remainedstationary;theunknownconsultedthebarometer,andsaid:
“Hereweareat800metres!Menresembleinsects!See,Ithinkitisfromthisheightthatweshouldalwayslookatthem,tojudgecorrectlyoftheir