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Had
the
casting
succeeded
?
They
were
reduced
to
mere
conjecture
.
There
was
indeed
every
reason
to
expect
success
,
since
the
mould
has
absorbed
the
entire
mass
of
the
molten
metal
;
still
some
considerable
time
must
elapse
before
they
could
arrive
at
any
certainty
upon
the
matter
.
The
patience
of
the
members
of
the
Gun
Club
was
sorely
tried
during
this
period
of
time
.
But
they
could
do
nothing
.
J.
T.
Maston
escaped
roasting
by
a
miracle
.
Fifteen
days
after
the
casting
an
immense
column
of
smoke
was
still
rising
in
the
open
sky
and
the
ground
burned
the
soles
of
the
feet
within
a
radius
of
two
hundred
feet
round
the
summit
of
Stones
Hill
.
It
was
impossible
to
approach
nearer
.
All
they
could
do
was
to
wait
with
what
patience
they
might
.
"
Here
we
are
at
the
10th
of
August
,
"
exclaimed
J.
T.
Maston
one
morning
,
"
only
four
months
to
the
1st
of
December
!
We
shall
never
be
ready
in
time
!
"
Barbicane
said
nothing
,
but
his
silence
covered
serious
irritation
.
However
,
daily
observations
revealed
a
certain
change
going
on
in
the
state
of
the
ground
.
About
the
15th
of
August
the
vapors
ejected
had
sensibly
diminished
in
intensity
and
thickness
.
Some
days
afterward
the
earth
exhaled
only
a
slight
puff
of
smoke
,
the
last
breath
of
the
monster
enclosed
within
its
circle
of
stone
.
Little
by
little
the
belt
of
heat
contracted
,
until
on
the
22nd
of
August
,
Barbicane
,
his
colleagues
,
and
the
engineer
were
enabled
to
set
foot
on
the
iron
sheet
which
lay
level
upon
the
summit
of
Stones
Hill
.
"
At
last
!
"
exclaimed
the
president
of
the
Gun
Club
,
with
an
immense
sigh
of
relief
.
The
work
was
resumed
the
same
day
.
They
proceeded
at
once
to
extract
the
interior
mould
,
for
the
purpose
of
clearing
out
the
boring
of
the
piece
.
Pickaxes
and
boring
irons
were
set
to
work
without
intermission
.
The
clayey
and
sandy
soils
had
acquired
extreme
hardness
under
the
action
of
the
heat
;
but
,
by
the
aid
of
the
machines
,
the
rubbish
on
being
dug
out
was
rapidly
carted
away
on
railway
wagons
;
and
such
was
the
ardor
of
the
work
,
so
persuasive
the
arguments
of
Barbicane
's
dollars
,
that
by
the
3rd
of
September
all
traces
of
the
mould
had
entirely
disappeared
.
Immediately
the
operation
of
boring
was
commenced
;
and
by
the
aid
of
powerful
machines
,
a
few
weeks
later
,
the
inner
surface
of
the
immense
tube
had
been
rendered
perfectly
cylindrical
,
and
the
bore
of
the
piece
had
acquired
a
thorough
polish
.
At
length
,
on
the
22d
of
September
,
less
than
a
twelvemonth
after
Barbicane
's
original
proposition
,
the
enormous
weapon
,
accurately
bored
,
and
exactly
vertically
pointed
,
was
ready
for
work
.
There
was
only
the
moon
now
to
wait
for
;
and
they
were
pretty
sure
that
she
would
not
fail
in
the
rendezvous
.
The
ecstasy
of
J.
T.
Maston
knew
no
bounds
,
and
he
narrowly
escaped
a
frightful
fall
while
staring
down
the
tube
.
But
for
the
strong
hand
of
Colonel
Blomsberry
,
the
worthy
secretary
,
like
a
modern
Erostratus
,
would
have
found
his
death
in
the
depths
of
the
Columbiad
.
The
cannon
was
then
finished
;
there
was
no
possible
doubt
as
to
its
perfect
completion
.
