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But
then
the
two
rivals
in
popularity
shook
hands
heartily
and
parted
on
terms
of
intimate
friendship
.
On
the
following
day
Barbicane
,
fearing
that
indiscreet
questions
might
be
put
to
Michel
Ardan
,
was
desirous
of
reducing
the
number
of
the
audience
to
a
few
of
the
initiated
,
his
own
colleagues
for
instance
.
He
might
as
well
have
tried
to
check
the
Falls
of
Niagara
!
he
was
compelled
,
therefore
,
to
give
up
the
idea
,
and
let
his
new
friend
run
the
chances
of
a
public
conference
.
The
place
chosen
for
this
monster
meeting
was
a
vast
plain
situated
in
the
rear
of
the
town
.
In
a
few
hours
,
thanks
to
the
help
of
the
shipping
in
port
,
an
immense
roofing
of
canvas
was
stretched
over
the
parched
prairie
,
and
protected
it
from
the
burning
rays
of
the
sun
.
There
three
hundred
thousand
people
braved
for
many
hours
the
stifling
heat
while
awaiting
the
arrival
of
the
Frenchman
.
Of
this
crowd
of
spectators
a
first
set
could
both
see
and
hear
;
a
second
set
saw
badly
and
heard
nothing
at
all
;
and
as
for
the
third
,
it
could
neither
see
nor
hear
anything
at
all
.
At
three
o'clock
Michel
Ardan
made
his
appearance
,
accompanied
by
the
principal
members
of
the
Gun
Club
.
He
was
supported
on
his
right
by
President
Barbicane
,
and
on
his
left
by
J.
T.
Maston
,
more
radiant
than
the
midday
sun
,
and
nearly
as
ruddy
.
Ardan
mounted
a
platform
,
from
the
top
of
which
his
view
extended
over
a
sea
of
black
hats
.
He
exhibited
not
the
slightest
embarrassment
;
he
was
just
as
gay
,
familiar
,
and
pleasant
as
if
he
were
at
home
.
To
the
hurrahs
which
greeted
him
he
replied
by
a
graceful
bow
;
then
,
waving
his
hands
to
request
silence
,
he
spoke
in
perfectly
correct
English
as
follows
:
"
Gentlemen
,
despite
the
very
hot
weather
I
request
your
patience
for
a
short
time
while
I
offer
some
explanations
regarding
the
projects
which
seem
to
have
so
interested
you
.
I
am
neither
an
orator
nor
a
man
of
science
,
and
I
had
no
idea
of
addressing
you
in
public
;
but
my
friend
Barbicane
has
told
me
that
you
would
like
to
hear
me
,
and
I
am
quite
at
your
service
.
Listen
to
me
,
therefore
,
with
your
six
hundred
thousand
ears
,
and
please
excuse
the
faults
of
the
speaker
.
Now
pray
do
not
forget
that
you
see
before
you
a
perfect
ignoramus
whose
ignorance
goes
so
far
that
he
can
not
even
understand
the
difficulties
!
It
seemed
to
him
that
it
was
a
matter
quite
simple
,
natural
,
and
easy
to
take
one
's
place
in
a
projectile
and
start
for
the
moon
!
That
journey
must
be
undertaken
sooner
or
later
;
and
,
as
for
the
mode
of
locomotion
adopted
,
it
follows
simply
the
law
of
progress
.
Man
began
by
walking
on
all-fours
;
then
,
one
fine
day
,
on
two
feet
;
then
in
a
carriage
;
then
in
a
stage-coach
;
and
lastly
by
railway
.
Well
,
the
projectile
is
the
vehicle
of
the
future
,
and
the
planets
themselves
are
nothing
else
!
Now
some
of
you
,
gentlemen
,
may
imagine
that
the
velocity
we
propose
to
impart
to
it
is
extravagant
.
It
is
nothing
of
the
kind
.
All
the
stars
exceed
it
in
rapidity
,
and
the
earth
herself
is
at
this
moment
carrying
us
round
the
sun
at
three
times
as
rapid
a
rate
,
and
yet
she
is
a
mere
lounger
on
the
way
compared
with
many
others
of
the
planets
!
And
her
velocity
is
constantly
decreasing
.
Is
it
not
evident
,
then
,
I
ask
you
,
that
there
will
some
day
appear
velocities
far
greater
than
these
,
of
which
light
or
electricity
will
probably
be
the
mechanical
agent
?
"
Yes
,
gentlemen
,
"
continued
the
orator
,
"
in
spite
of
the
opinions
of
certain
narrow-minded
people
,
who
would
shut
up
the
human
race
upon
this
globe
,
as
within
some
magic
circle
which
it
must
never
outstep
,
we
shall
one
day
travel
to
the
moon
,
the
planets
,
and
the
stars
,
with
the
same
facility
,
rapidity
,
and
certainty
as
we
now
make
the
voyage
from
Liverpool
to
New
York
!
Distance
is
but
a
relative
expression
,
and
must
end
by
being
reduced
to
zero
.
"
The
assembly
,
strongly
predisposed
as
they
were
in
favor
of
the
French
hero
,
were
slightly
staggered
at
this
bold
theory
.
Michel
Ardan
perceived
the
fact
.
"
Gentlemen
,
"
he
continued
with
a
pleasant
smile
,
"
you
do
not
seem
quite
convinced
.
Very
good
!
Let
us
reason
the
matter
out
.
Do
you
know
how
long
it
would
take
for
an
express
train
to
reach
the
moon
?
Three
hundred
days
;
no
more
!
And
what
is
that
?
The
distance
is
no
more
than
nine
times
the
circumference
of
the
earth
;
and
there
are
no
sailors
or
travelers
,
of
even
moderate
activity
,
who
have
not
made
longer
journeys
than
that
in
their
lifetime
.
And
now
consider
that
I
shall
be
only
ninety
-
seven
hours
on
my
journey
.
Ah
!
I
see
you
are
reckoning
that
the
moon
is
a
long
way
off
from
the
earth
,
and
that
one
must
think
twice
before
making
the
experiment
.
What
would
you
say
,
then
,
if
we
were
talking
of
going
to
Neptune
,
which
revolves
at
a
distance
of
more
than
two
thousand
seven
hundred
and
twenty
millions
of
miles
from
the
sun
!
And
yet
what
is
that
compared
with
the
distance
of
the
fixed
stars
,
some
of
which
,
such
as
Arcturus
,
are
billions
of
miles
distant
from
us
?
And
then
you
talk
of
the
distance
which
separates
the
planets
from
the
sun
!
And
there
are
people
who
affirm
that
such
a
thing
as
distance
exists
.
Absurdity
,
folly
,
idiotic
nonsense
!
Would
you
know
what
I
think
of
our
own
solar
universe
?
Shall
I
tell
you
my
theory
?
It
is
very
simple
!
In
my
opinion
the
solar
system
is
a
solid
homogeneous
body
;
the
planets
which
compose
it
are
in
actual
contact
with
each
other
;
and
whatever
space
exists
between
them
is
nothing
more
than
the
space
which
separates
the
molecules
of
the
densest
metal
,
such
as
silver
,
iron
,
or
platinum
!
I
have
the
right
,
therefore
,
to
affirm
,
and
I
repeat
,
with
the
conviction
which
must
penetrate
all
your
minds
,
'
Distance
is
but
an
empty
name
;
distance
does
not
really
exist
!
'
"
