"The matter? Look at those quaking walls! look at those shivering rocks. Don't you feel the burning heat? Don't you see how the water boils and bubbles? Are you blind to the dense vapours and steam growing thicker and denser every minute? See this agitated compass needle. It is an earthquake that is threatening us."
—¡Que qué tengo! Observe usted esas paredes que se agitan, ese macizo que se disloca, esa agua en ebullición, los vapores que se espesan, esta aguja que oscila, este calor insufrible, indicios todos de tan enorme terremoto.