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At these words a cold shiver ran through me. Yet I controlled myself; / I even resolved to put a good face upon it. Scientific arguments / alone could have any weight with Professor Liedenbrock. Now there / were good ones against the practicability of such a journey. / Penetrate to the centre of the earth! What nonsense! But I kept my / dialectic battery in reserve for a suitable opportunity, and I / interested myself in the prospect of my dinner, which was not yet / forthcoming.
It is no use to tell of the rage and imprecations of my uncle before / the empty table. Explanations were given, Martha was set at liberty, / ran off to the market, and did her part so well that in an hour / afterwards my hunger was appeased, and I was able to return to the / contemplation of the gravity of the situation.