‘Hush！’saidAndreoli；‘doyouhear?’
‘What?’repliedZambecarri.
‘Asingularnoise！’
‘Youaremistaken！’
‘No！-Doyouseethosemidnighttravellers, listeningtothatincomprehensiblesound?Havetheystruckagainstarower?Aretheyabouttobeprecipitatedontheroofs?Doyouhearit?Itislikethesoundoftheocean！’
‘Impossible！’
‘Itistheroaringofthewaves！’
‘Thatistrue！-Light！Llight！’
Afterfvefruitlessattempts, ；theyalmosttouchedthesurfaceofthesea.
‘Wearelost！’exclaimedZambecarri, seizingabagofballast.
‘Help！’criedAndreoli.
Thecartouchedthewater, , garments, money！；, , ：thebodiesofthewretchedaeronautswerehalfinthewater, andtheballoon, actingasasail, , theyfoundthemselvesoppositePesaro, fvemilesfromtheshore；theywereabouttoland, ！, amoreintelligentnavigatorhailedthem, tookthemonboard；！, , hestruckagainstatree；hislamp, flledwithspiritsofwine, wasspilledoverhisclothes, andtheycaughtfre；hewascoveredwithfame, hismachinewasbeginningtokindle, whenhedescended, halfburned.The21stSeptember，1812，hemadeanotherascensionatBologna；hisballooncaughtinatree；, andwaskilled！
“Andinpresenceofthesehighfacts, shallwestillhesitate?No！Thehigherwegothemoregloriouswillbeourdeath.”
Theballoon, entirelyunballasted, ；theslightestsoundre-echoedthroughthecelestialvaults；theglobe, theonlyobjectwhichstruckmysightinimmensity, seemedabouttobeannihilated, andaboveustheheightsofheavenlostthemselvesintheprofounddarkness！
Isawtheunknownrisebeforeme.
“Thisisthehour！”saidhetome.“Wemustdie！Wearerejectedbymen！Theydespiseus! letuscrushthem！”
“Mercy！”exclaimedI.
