human
How shall we set about it?
gpt
Nothing is easier, replied Michel Ardan, who was never at a loss.
human
We open the scuttle rapidly; throw out the instrument; it follows the projectile with exemplary docility; and a quarter of an hour after, draw it in.
gpt
With the hand?
human
With the hand,
gpt
Well then, my friend, do not expose yourself, answered Barbicane,
human
Really!
gpt
You will feel as if you had had a terrible burn, like that of iron at a white heat; for whether the heat leaves our bodies briskly or enters briskly, it is exactly the same thing. Besides, I am not at all certain that the objects we have thrown out are still following us.
human
Why not?
gpt
Because, if we are passing through an atmosphere of the slightest density, these objects will be retarded. Again, the darkness prevents our seeing if they still float around us. But in order not to expose ourselves to the loss of our thermometer, we will fasten it, and we can then more easily pull it back again.
human
THE VAPOR OF OUR BREATH WILL FALL IN SNOW AROUND US.