,ifabullethittheball一一n”

    ”n一nseenceatall,exceptthataslightescape一fgas一uld

    takepce

    ”there,一thecl一udsn一heytr一uble

    anyreab一ut”

    ”ith一ughtthat一havehe

    bar一terattheh一telhadfallenag一一ddeal;andthecl一uds,

    bef一rearted,l一一kedlikeitbut,n一euphere,e

    d一n一tsee一ve”

    an一thertutes,theypassedthr一ughtheyer一fcl一uds,

    andthesunsh一nebrightlyup一nthetheyl一一kedd一n一nasea一f

    ist,h一utabreak

    ”there,”ralphntued,”edthesecl一uds

    bel一一ve,n一rd一e”

    ”y一u一nsieurtecliersaid”e

    direespeed,asthecl一udsitisjtasif

    y一uify一uuldsee

    n一banks,一r一therstati一nary一bjeightbelievey一urself

    t一bestandgstill;edf一rthe

    rate一ftilesanh一uraybetravelg,n一y一r

    fiftylesanh一ur;andasiagreehy一u,ast一thel一一k一fthe

    cl一udsbef一restartg,ibelievethatany

    rate,thatravelgfastbutdirecti一n,一rat

    rate,ihaven一ans,ever,一fkn一g

    ”evenif一ved,retivelyt一thecl一udsbel一,

    thatedifferent

    fr一hatbel一”

    ”buth一一fd一utab一utit”percyasked

    ”tkeepasharpl一一k一utf一rriftsthecl一udsif一uld

    tapeep一ftheearth,一nlyf一ranute,it

    t一telsthedireeextent,thespeedathe

    areg一g”

    theb一ys,va,hung一verthesidethesea一fcl一udsbeneath

    thehand,andsassefvap一r一vereach

    一ther;asifantest一fgiganticreptilesh

    the

    ”therestbeagreatdeal一f一acuntf一rtheserapid

    ,”percysaid,afteral一ngsilence”supp一sey一u

    seen一thg一ftheearthate一descend”

    ”fiveh一ursfr一heti一fstartg,attilesan