第68节 (第1/2页)

    【】,ifabullethittheballoon”

    ”nonsequeall,exceptthataslightescapeofgaswould

    takeplace.

    ”there,othecloudsrouble

    anyreaboutus.”

    ”ithoughtthatohavehe

    baroteratthehotelhadfallenagooddeal;andtheclouds,

    beforearted,lookedlikeitbut,noeuphere,we

    donotseeove.”

    inaiheypassedthroughthelayerofclouds,

    andthesunshhtlyupoheylookeddownonaseaof

    ist,houtabreak.

    ”there,”ralphntinued,”ed.theseclouds

    beloove,nordowe.”

    ”youoecliersaid.”e

    direespeed,astheclouds.itisjustasif

    you.ifyouuldsee

    nobanks,orotherstationaryobjeightbelieveyourself

    tobestandingstill;edforthe

    rateoftilesanhour.aybetraveling,noyor

    fiftylesanhour;andasiagreehyou,astothelookofthe

    cloudsbeforestarting,ibelievethatany

    rate,thatravelingfastbutiion,orat

    rate,ihavenoans,ever,ofknowing.

    ”evenifoved,relativelytothecloudsbelowus,

    thatedifferent

    frohatbelow.”

    ”buthoofindoutaboutit”percyasked.

    ”ustkeepasharplookoutforriftsintheclouds.ifould

    getapeepoftheearth,onlyfora

    totellusthedireeextent,thespeedathwe

    aregoing.”

    theboys,invain,huheside.theseaofcloudsbeh

    thehanged,andsassesofvaporovereach

    other;asifaofsogiganticreptilesh

    the

    ”therestbeagreatdealofoatfortheserapid

    ,”percysaid,afteralongsilence.”supposeyou

    seenothingoftheearthateodesd”

    ”infivehoursfrohetiofstarting,attilesan

    hoursupposingthatthehhof

    theloire,soeleven

    ok,then,ioutgas;andgodoheclouds,to

    seesregheuntry,orsee

    anyriverayguideus,leastseeourdire

    andrateofvent;andeitherthrooreneers,and

    keeponforaonce.”

    ittenok,ry.

    ”thesea”hesaid;”thesea”

    ”iossible,”ecliersaid,hangiheside;”i

    seenothing.”

    ”nori,nopse,justnow,

    andiostsoitsbeihoughhoould

    getthere,idontknow.”

    ”ifitis,”theaeronautsaid,”theustbeblowinghalfa

    gale,uphere;andsthavegedentirely,eithertothe

    orsouth.itistooserioustohesitate;ustfindoutifyour

    eyeshavenotdeceivedyou.”

    sosaying,hepulledthevalve.

    ”keepasharplookout,andlookatthepass.”

    ”there,there”theboyscried,asthecloudsopenedagain,foran

    instant.”itisthesea,an