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"
For
example
?
"
asked
Summerlee
,
with
a
sneer
;
but
Lord
John
hastened
to
change
the
conversation
.
"
I
must
say
,
"
said
he
,
"
that
I
think
it
would
be
a
mighty
poor
thing
to
go
back
to
London
before
I
know
a
great
deal
more
of
this
place
than
I
do
at
present
.
"
"
I
could
never
dare
to
walk
into
the
back
office
of
my
paper
and
face
old
McArdle
,
"
said
I.
(
You
will
excuse
the
frankness
of
this
report
,
will
you
not
,
sir
?
)
"
He
'd
never
forgive
me
for
leaving
such
unexhausted
copy
behind
me
.
Besides
,
so
far
as
I
can
see
it
is
not
worth
discussing
,
since
we
ca
n't
get
down
,
even
if
we
wanted
.
"
"
Our
young
friend
makes
up
for
many
obvious
mental
lacunae
by
some
measure
of
primitive
common
sense
,
"
remarked
Challenger
.
"
The
interests
of
his
deplorable
profession
are
immaterial
to
us
;
but
,
as
he
observes
,
we
can
not
get
down
in
any
case
,
so
it
is
a
waste
of
energy
to
discuss
it
.
"
"
It
is
a
waste
of
energy
to
do
anything
else
,
"
growled
Summerlee
from
behind
his
pipe
.
"
Let
me
remind
you
that
we
came
here
upon
a
perfectly
definite
mission
,
entrusted
to
us
at
the
meeting
of
the
Zoological
Institute
in
London
.
That
mission
was
to
test
the
truth
of
Professor
Challenger
's
statements
.
Those
statements
,
as
I
am
bound
to
admit
,
we
are
now
in
a
position
to
endorse
.
Our
ostensible
work
is
therefore
done
.
As
to
the
detail
which
remains
to
be
worked
out
upon
this
plateau
,
it
is
so
enormous
that
only
a
large
expedition
,
with
a
very
special
equipment
,
could
hope
to
cope
with
it
.
Should
we
attempt
to
do
so
ourselves
,
the
only
possible
result
must
be
that
we
shall
never
return
with
the
important
contribution
to
science
which
we
have
already
gained
.
Professor
Challenger
has
devised
means
for
getting
us
on
to
this
plateau
when
it
appeared
to
be
inaccessible
;
I
think
that
we
should
now
call
upon
him
to
use
the
same
ingenuity
in
getting
us
back
to
the
world
from
which
we
came
.
"
I
confess
that
as
Summerlee
stated
his
view
it
struck
me
as
altogether
reasonable
.
Even
Challenger
was
affected
by
the
consideration
that
his
enemies
would
never
stand
confuted
if
the
confirmation
of
his
statements
should
never
reach
those
who
had
doubted
them
.
"
The
problem
of
the
descent
is
at
first
sight
a
formidable
one
,
"
said
he
,
"
and
yet
I
can
not
doubt
that
the
intellect
can
solve
it
.
I
am
prepared
to
agree
with
our
colleague
that
a
protracted
stay
in
Maple
White
Land
is
at
present
inadvisable
,
and
that
the
question
of
our
return
will
soon
have
to
be
faced
.
I
absolutely
refuse
to
leave
,
however
,
until
we
have
made
at
least
a
superficial
examination
of
this
country
,
and
are
able
to
take
back
with
us
something
in
the
nature
of
a
chart
.
"
Professor
Summerlee
gave
a
snort
of
impatience
.
"
We
have
spent
two
long
days
in
exploration
,
"
said
he
,
"
and
we
are
no
wiser
as
to
the
actual
geography
of
the
place
than
when
we
started
.
It
is
clear
that
it
is
all
thickly
wooded
,
and
it
would
take
months
to
penetrate
it
and
to
learn
the
relations
of
one
part
to
another
.
If
there
were
some
central
peak
it
would
be
different
,
but
it
all
slopes
downwards
,
so
far
as
we
can
see
.
The
farther
we
go
the
less
likely
it
is
that
we
will
get
any
general
view
.
"
