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“Down⁠—for this reason: We are in a vast chamber, with endless galleries. Yours must lead into it, for it seems as if all the clefts and fractures of the globe radiated round this vast cavern. So get up, and begin walking. Walk on, drag yourself along, if necessary slide down the steep places, and at the end you will find us ready to receive you. Now begin moving.”

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These words cheered me up.

“Goodbye, uncle.” I cried. “I am going. There will be no more voices heard when once I have started. So goodbye!”

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“Goodbye, Axel, au revoir !”