A Guide Found to the Centre of the Earth

           IntheeveningItookashortwalkonthebeachandreturnedatnighttomyplank-bed,whereIsleptsoundlyallnight.

           WhenIawokeIheardmyuncletalkingatagreatrateinthenextroom.Iimmediatelydressedandjoinedhim.

           HewasconversingintheDanishlanguagewithatallman,ofrobustbuild.Thisfinefellowmusthavebeenpossessedofgreatstrength.Hiseyes,setinalargeandingenuousface,seemedtomeveryintelligent;theywereofadreamysea-blue.Longhair,whichwouldhavebeencalledredeveninEngland,fellinlongmeshesuponhisbroadshoulders.Themovementsofthisnativewerelitheandsupple;buthemadelittleuseofhisarmsinspeaking,likeamanwhoknewnothingorcarednothingaboutthelanguageofgestures.Hiswholeappearancebespokeperfectcalmnessandself-possession,notindolencebuttranquillity.Itwasfeltatoncethathewouldbebeholdentonobody,thatheworkedforhisownconvenience,andthatnothinginthisworldcouldastonishordisturbhisphilosophiccalmness.

           IcaughttheshadesofthisIcelander’scharacterbythewayinwhichhelistenedtotheimpassionedflowofwordswhichfellfromtheProfessor.Hestoodwitharmscrossed,perfectlyunmovedbymyuncle’sincessantgesticulations.Anegativewasexpressedbyaslowmovementoftheheadfromlefttoright,anaffirmativebyaslightbend,soslightthathislonghairscarcelymoved.Hecarriedeconomyofmotioneventoparsimony.

           CertainlyIshouldneverhavedreamtinlookingatthismanthathewasahunter;hedidnotlooklikelytofrightenhisgame,nordidheseemasifhewouldevengetnearit.

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