第2章空中历险记（2）
"Mo;saidI，takingtheonlypossiblecourse，"youarehere，well!youaiomealohemaheaerostat。"
"Mo;repliedhe，"yoururbairelyFrench;itisofthesametrywithmyself!Ipressinimaginationthehandwhichyourefuseme。Takeyourmeasures—actasitmayseemgoodtoyou;Iwillwaittillyouhavee;
"To。"
"Toversewithyou。"
&erhadfalley-sixiaiofaboutsixhures，ahecity;whichsatisfiedmeofourpletequiesce，forIotjudgebyourmotionlessflags。hehorizontalvoyageofaballoon;itisthemassitwhichmoves。Akibathedtheobjededatourfeet，aheiroutlinesanindistiretted。Thehepassindicatedaslightteofloattowardsthesouth。
Ilookedagainatmypanion。Hewasamanofthirty，simplyclad;theboldoutlinesofhisfeaturesbetokeableenergy;heappearedverymuscular。Absorbediionofthissilentsuspension，heremainedimmovable，seekingtodistiswhichpassedbehhisview。
"Vexatiousmist!"saidhe，attheexpiratios。
Imadenoreply。
"Whatwouldyou?Ie;Iwasobligedtotakeyoubysurprise。"
"Noonehasaskedyoutodesd!"
"Asimilaroce，"heresumed，"happesofLaurendDampierre，whentheyasdedatLyohofJanuary，1784。Ayou，aiherailing，attheriskofupsettingtheequipage。Heaplishedthevoyage，andnobodywaskilled!"
"Oh，wewillverse!"saidI，piquedatthetohwhichhespoke。
"Bah!donottalk!"
"DoyouthiIshalldelaymydest?"
"Dest!"saidhe，withsurprise。"Letusasd!"
AndbeforeIcouldpreventhim，twobagsofsahrownout，withouteveied。
"Mo;saidI，angrily。
"Iknowyourskill，"repliedhe，posedly;"yourbrilliantasadesomeheworld。Experieerofpractice，butitisalsofirsttotheory，andIhaveloudiedtheaerostaticart。Ithasaffectedmybrain，"addedhe，sadly，fallingiorpor。
Theballriseionary;theunknowhebarometer，andsaid:
"Hereweareat800metres!Mes!See，Ithinkitisfromthisheightthatweshouldalwayslookatthem，tojudgecorreoralproportions!ThePlacedelaedieistraoa-hill。LookatthecrowdpiledupoheZeildiminishes。Weareabovethe。TheMaineisnowonlyawhitelinedividiy，andthisbridge，theMaine-Brucke，lookslikeawhitethreadthrowwobanksoftheriver。"
&mrewcooler。
"ThereisnothingIwillnotdoforyou，myhost，"saidmypanion。"Ifyouarecold，Iwilltakeoffmydleoyou。"
"Thanks!"
"ymakeslaws。Givemeyourhand，Iamyouran。Youshallbeinstructedbymypany，andmyversationshallpensateyoufortheannoyanceIhavecausedyou。"
&edmyself，with，attheoppositeextremityofthecar。Theyoungmanhaddrawnfromhisgreatinousportfolio;itwasaworkoion。
"Ipossess，"saidhe，"amostcurious，andcaricaturesappertainingtoouraerialmania。Thispreciousdiscoveryhasbeenatonceadmiredandridiculed。FortunatelyassedtheperiodwhentheMhttomakefactitiouscloudswiththevapourofwater;andofthegasaffegelectricproperties，whichtheyproducedbythepstrawwithchoppedwool。"
"Wouldyoudetraeritoftheseiions?"repliedI。"Wasitohaveprovedbyexperimentthepossibilityintheair?"
"Whodehegloryofthefirstaerialnavigators?Immensecewasoasdbymeansofthileenvelopeswhiedonlywarmair。Besides，hasicemadegreatprogresssiheassofBlano;
&ookfromhisanengraving。
"HereisthefirstaerialvoyageuakenbyPilatredesRosiersandtheMarquisd'Arlandes，fourmohediscoveryofballoons。LouisXVI。refusedhisttothisvoyage;twonedalsweretohavefirstattemptedaerialtravelling。PilatredesRosierswasindignantatthisinjustid，bymeansofartifice，susettingout。Thiscar，whidersthemaheballooneasy，hadnottheed;acirculargallerysurrouhelowerpartoftheaerostat。Thetwoaeronautsstatioheextremitiesofthisgallery。Thedampstraasfilledeheirmovements。Ag-disheheorificeoftheballoohevoyagerswishedtoasd，theythrew，withalongfork，strawuponthisbrazier，attheriskthemadtheair，gravetotheballoonanewasalforce。