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【】ebroken,”hesaid.”doyou feelanypain” ”ifeelsoreandbruised,allover,”ralphsaid,gettinguph soassistance;”butidontthinkthatanythingseriousisthe tter. ”hoy” ”idontthinkiaurtseriously,ralph;butiherlie still,forthepresent.” ralphexplaihegentleny,and felthispulsethathisbrotherhadbeelyill,andwas stillweak. ”ah,thataansaid.”idonotthink thatheisseriouslyhurt.iadoctor;and ridingen,olookupandsaw yourballoonfalling,likeastone,froheclouds.houghtat firstthatyoustbedashedtopieces;buthatthe speedehope,andgallopedin thedireinhinfivehundred yardsedtoseeanyonealive. ”donottrytove,”hesaidtopercy.”anfora vehicle,andafeoffourselves.” ”ofind ourselvesoverthesea,fortheharted.” ”youhavefallenuponbelleisle,”thegentlensaid,”sothewind sthavegedterially,sinceyoustarted.” eclieoeup. ”istreallyngratulateyouboth,”hesaidtoralph,”uponyour olnessandpresenind,inaveryfrightfulposition.the oldestaeronautuldnothaveshoorenerve.” ”yousee,”ralphsaid,”tyoftenindanger,now; andalthoughthesortofdangerhedegreeofdangerwas not.” thegentlensledalittle,asralphspoke.thebarclayshad eoutinplainintheballoon for,ioftheballoonhavingfallenangthegerns, itialthattheyshouldbeabletogetoff, unobserved.theythereforelookedrelads;aalk,of havingpassedthroughasgreatadahatade thespectatorsofitfeelfaintandsilytoness,appeared tobearebitofexaggeratedbraggadocio. alightattresseshadbeenlaid; sobandages,andiecessarieshadalsobeenadded, togetherhabottleofbrandy. ”fortunatelyanyofthese,exceptthebrandy,”the surgeonsaid.”alittleofthatwilldoyouallgood. ”nooeclier,whose faceagooddeal”andthenyouillyougetto thetown.” thethreevoyagersothecart;fortheywereall verystiffalyshaken,andselves outoresses,veredoverhblas,untilthey reachedthelittletoetbythewhole population,cheeringlustily.anotherofffor theballoon;andanuerofpeoplenoouttosearchforthe bagsofdispat.hrthelast partofthedest.thesousprefectattheislandplacedhis houseatoheirdisposal.buttheysaidthattheywould rathergotoahotel,first,andtakeahotbathhedoctor reheutshouldbeveryhappytobreakfast, afterthat.befoingtothehotel,hooeclier sentoffadispatchtotours;sayingthathehadarrivedatbelle isleparis,ataquartertoseven;andthat,atthat ti,everythingwasgoingonwell. heinquiredastoansofreagtheinland.thewindwas deadoffshore,andasailingvessele tokethepassage.hoallstearinharbor; andthesousprefeselftoethefires shouldbelighted,atondthattheyshouldcrossintwoor threehours. afterreagthehoteltheyinedcarefullybythe surgeon;,ever,hadbeendoo theandthattheyhadescapedhafeusions,andagood shaking. thebreakfasteanovation.alltheprincipalpeopleofthe placebled;andoeclierentered,followed bytheyoungbarclays,thegentlenclappedtheirhandsand cheered,andtheladiesheirhandkerchiefs.afterbreakfast, thesousprefeentintothedrand heterofaknotofquestionersas tothevoyage. eclierasuralnversedhthesousprefect andotherleadingnofthetoheirers gatheredroundthelads.ralphhadgivenhisnaasbarclay,and hadstatedthatpercyher;buthehadsaidnothingas totheirbeinginthear,asheoavoidtheoftrepeated talehedeclarationofhisrankoate.he hadevensaidatosaythe ssieursbarclay,insteadofcaptainsbarclayunless,ofurse, heatter.percyo sitinaneasychair,uedforheedoneupand ralphtalkedforboth,relatingailsoftheirjoueyfrobr> paris;andtheladiesexanedhiostnutelyastohis sensation,andespeciallyherhehorriblyfrightened. angthosestandinginagrouproundtheyoungbarclayswasa lieutenantofbiles;eansapprovedofthe attention,andiongtheladies;and adeseveralsarrerks,duringtheurseofthe narrative.presentlyaservantand,onsieur teclier,saidthattheyfallen froheballoon ”yes,”een.” theservantthattheswordshadbeen pickedup.ralphatoncedreafivefrancpiedaskedthe servanttogiveittothen. ”ah,”saidtheoffiobiles,hasealedsneer, ”soyouhaveeoutfroaristoserveishouldhaveigined thatthereyofopportuodistinguishyourselves, there.housthavehadgoodiogetplaa balloon.” ”ly,”asapparentlyyou have,yourself.eachofushave,yousee,usedouriinthe ostpleasingtous.oeogoh thearinthefield,insteadofbeingforaininactive inparis.you,uponyourpart,haveusedyetathe arinthefield,andtoreininactive,here.” thesehsuairofboyishfrankness,and anapparentinnoceofanydesiretosayanythingunpleasant, thateveryonehinhearingo ...