Otto Liedenbrock, yielding to his nature, forgot all the circumstances of our eventful journey, forgot where we were standing, forgot the vaulted cavern which contained us. No doubt he was in mind back again in his Johannæum, holding forth to his pupils, for he assumed his learned air; and addressing himself to an imaginary audience, he proceeded thus:
Otto Lidenbrock, dejándose llevar de su temperamento, olvidó las circunstancias de nuestro viaje, el medio en que nos hallábamos, la inmensa caverna que nos cobijaba; y, creyéndose sin duda en el Johannaeum, dando una conferencia a sus discípulos, dijo en tono doctoral, dirigiéndose a un auditorio imaginario: