Water Discovered

           ForawholehourIwastryingtoworkoutinmydeliriousbrainthereasonswhichmighthaveinfluencedthisseeminglytranquilhuntsman.Theabsurdestnotionsraninutterconfusionthroughmymind.Ithoughtmadnesswascomingon!

           Butatlastanoiseoffootstepswasheardinthedarkabyss.Hanswasapproaching.Aflickeringlightwasbeginningtoglimmeronthewallofourdarksomeprison;thenitcameoutfullatthemouthofthegallery.Hansappeared.

           Hedrewclosetomyuncle,laidhishanduponhisshoulder,andgentlywokehim.Myuncleroseup.

           "Whatisthematter?"heasked.

           "Watten!"repliedthehuntsman.

           Nodoubtundertheinspirationofintensepaineverybodybecomesendowedwiththegiftofdiverstongues.IdidnotknowawordofDanish,yetinstinctivelyIunderstoodthewordhehaduttered.

           "Water!water!"Icried,clappingmyhandsandgesticulatinglikeamadman.

           "Water!"repeatedmyuncle."Hvar?"heasked,inIcelandic.

           "Nedat,"repliedHans.

           "Where?Downbelow!"Iunderstooditall.Iseizedthehunter’shands,andpressedthemwhilehelookedonmewithoutmovingamuscleofhiscountenance.

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