human
Mr. Paganel!
gpt
My dear captain,
human
Please cast your eyes in that direction. Do you see nothing?
gpt
Nothing.
human
You are not looking right. It is not on the horizon, but above, in the clouds.
gpt
In the clouds? I look in vain.
human
Stop, now, just on a line with the end of the bowsprit.
gpt
I see nothing.
human
You do not wish to see. However that may be, although we are forty miles distant, you understand, the Peak of Teneriffe is visible above the horizon.
gpt
You perceive it now?
human
Yes, yes, perfectly! replied Paganel.
gpt
And that, added he in a contemptuous tone,
human
The same.
gpt
It appears to be of very moderate height.
human
Yet it is eleven thousand feet above the level of the sea.
gpt
Not so high as Mont Blanc.
human
Very possibly; but when you come to climb it, you will find it, perhaps, high enough.