Chapter1 绮丽海盗船 A Gorgeous Corsair（第2页）

“Whatwouldyou?Ie；Iwasobligedtotakeyoubysurprise。”

“Noonehasaskedyoutodesd！”

“Asimilaroce，”heresumed，“happesofLaurendDampierre，whentheyasdedatLyohofJanuary，1784。Ayou，aiherailing，attheriskofupsettingtheequipage。Heaplishedthevoyage，andnobodywaskilled！”

&heearth，wewillverse！”saidI，piquedatthetohwhichhespoke。

“Bah!donottalk！”

“DoyouthiIshalldelaymydest?”

&！”saidhe，withsurprise。“Letusasd！”

AndbeforeIcouldpreventhim，twobagsofsahrownout，withouteveied。

“Monsieur！”saidI，angrily。

“Iknowyourskill，”repliedhe，posedly；“yourbrilliantasadesomeheworld。Experieerofpractice，butitisalsofirsttotheory，andIhaveloudiedtheaerostaticart。Ithasaffectedmybrain，”addedhe，sadly，fallingiorpor。

Theballriseionary；theunknowhebarometer，andsaid：

“Hereweareat800metres！Mes！See，Ithinkitisfromthisheightthatweshouldalwayslookatthem，tojudgecorreoralproportions！ThePlacedelaédieistraoa-hill。LookatthecrowdpiledupoheZeildiminishes。Weareabovethe。TheMaineisnowonlyawhitelinedividiy，andthisbridge，theMaine-Brucke，lookslikeawhitethreadthrowwobanksoftheriver。”

&mrewcooler。

&hingIwillnotdoforyou，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，hasicemadegreatprogresssiheassofBlanonsieur。”

&ookfromhisanengraving。

&hefirstaerialvoyageuakenbyPilatredesRosiersandtheMarquisdArlandes，fourmohediscoveryofballoons。LouisXVIrefusedhisttothisvoyage；twonedalsweretohavefirstattemptedaerialtravelling。PilatredesRosierswasindignantatthisinjustid，bymeansofartifice，susettingout。Thiscar，whidersthemaheballooneasy，hadnottheed；acirculargallerysurrouhelowerpartoftheaerostat。Thetwoaeronautsstatioheextremitiesofthisgallery。Thedampstraasflledeheirmovements。Ag-disheheorifceoftheballoohevoyagerswishedtoasd，theythrew，withalongfork，strawuponthisbrazier，attheriskthemadtheair，gravetotheballoonanewasalforce。”

&woboldnavigatorsasthe21stofNovember，1783，fromthegardensofLaMuette，whichtheDauphinhadplacedattheirdisposal。Theaerostatrosemajestically，passedtheIsledeses，crossedtheSeiheBarrieredelad，diregitswaybetweeheInvalidesaaire，approachedSt。Sulpitheaeronautsihefre，asded，clearedtheBoulevard，anddesdedbeyondtheBarriered’Etouchedtheground，thecollapsed，aredesRosiersbesfolds。”

“Unfortunatepresage！”saidI，ihesedetails，whiearlye。

“Presageofhiscatastrophe，”repliedtheunknown，withsadness。“Youhaveexperiehingsimilar?”

“Nothing！”

“Bah！Misfortuepresage。”Andheremai。

Wewereadvangtowardsthesouth；themagediionofFrankfort，whichwasflyihourfeet。

“Perhapsweshallhaveastorm。”saidtheyoungman。

“Wewilldesdfrst。”

&willbebettertoasd；emoresurely。”andtwobagsofsahro>

Theballoonroserapidly，awelvehuheowiherewasaslightbuzzinginmyears。heraysofthesulyontheglobe，and，dilatied，gaveitagreaterasalforce。Iid。

&hing，”saidtheyoungmantome。“Wehavethreethousandfvehuoisesofrespirableair。Youroubleyourselfabs。”

Iwouldhaverisen，butavigoroushaainedmeo。