"Ah!" I cried, springing up. "But no! no! My uncle shall never know it. He would insist upon doing it too. He would want to know all about it. Ropes could not hold him, such a determined geologist as he is! He would start, he would, in spite of everything and everybody, and he would take me with him, and we should never get back. No, never! never!"
—¡Ah! —exclamé dando un brinco—; no, no; ¡mi tío jamás lo sabrá! ¡No faltaría más sino que tuviese noticia de semejante viaje! Enseguida querría repetirlo sin que nadie lograse detenerlo. Un geólogo tan exaltado, partiría a pesar de todas las dificultades y obstáculos, llevándome consigo, y no regresaríamos jamás; ¡pero jamás!