JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH JULES VERNE CHAPTER 9 ICELAND! BUT WHAT NEXT? Đây là một tác phẩm anh ngữ nổi tiếng với những từ vựng nang cao. Nhằm giúp các em và các bạn yêu thich tiếng anh luyện tập và củng cố thêm kỹ năng đọc tiếng anh . | JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH JULES VERNE CHAPTER 9 ICELAND BUT WHAT NEXT The day for our departure arrived. The day before it our kind friendM. Thomsen brought us letters of introduction to Count Trampe theGovernor of Iceland M. Picturssen the bishop s suffragan and mayor of Rejkiavik. My uncle expressed his gratitude bytremendous compressions of both his hands. On the 2nd at six in the evening all our precious baggage beingsafely on board the _Valkyria _ the captain took us into a verynarrow cabin. Is the wind favourable my uncle asked. Excellent replied Captain Bjarne a sou -easter. We shall passdown the Sound full speed with all sails set. In a few minutes the schooner under her mizen brigantine topsail and topgallant sail loosed from her moorings and made full sailthrough the straits. In an hour the capital of Denmark seemed to sinkbelow the distant waves and the _Valkyria_ was skirting the coast byElsinore. In my nervous frame of mind I expected to see the ghost ofHamlet wandering on the legendary castle terrace. Sublime madman I said no doubt you would approve of ourexpedition. Perhaps you would keep us company to the centre of theglobe to find the solution of your eternal doubts. But there was no ghostly shape upon the ancient walls. Indeed thecastle is much younger than the heroic prince of Denmark. It nowanswers the purpose of a sumptuous lodge for the doorkeeper of thestraits of the Sound before which every year there pass fifteenthousand ships of all nations. The castle of Kronsberg soon disappeared in the mist as well as thetower of Helsingborg built on the Swedish coast and the schoonerpassed lightly on her way urged by the breezes of the Cattegat. The _Valkyria_ was a splendid sailer but on a sailing vessel you canplace no dependence. She was taking to Rejkiavik coal householdgoods earthenware woollen clothing and a cargo of wheat. The crewconsisted of five men all Danes. How long will the passage take my uncle asked. Ten days the .
