human
To-morrow we shall be in the Mediterranean.
gpt
Does that surprise you?
human
Certainly it does, though I thought I had given up being astonished since I have been on board your ship.
gpt
You are a man of science; why should you be astonished?
human
Because you must travel with the speed of lightning almost to East Africa and round the Cape of Good Hope.
gpt
I did not say I was going to do so,
human
You can't go overland, since there is no canal through the Isthmus of Suez----
gpt
But one can go under land,
human
Under land,
gpt
Undoubtedly, said Captain Vindex calmly.
human
For a long while nature has made underneath this tongue of land what men are trying to do now on the surface.
gpt
Does there exist a passage?
human
Yes, a passage or tunnel, which at fifty feet depth touches a solid rock.
gpt
How did you discover it--by chance?
human
No, said the captain.
gpt
I guessed that such a tunnel existed, and I have been through it several times.
human
Well, said the professor,
gpt
Shortly, my dear sir, said the captain,
human
You are right--we are on the march,