“Yes, I do! And you can laugh all you like. That’s no hallucination, it’s a clear, true memory,—the only memory I have.”
“Just what do you remember?”
“That journey through the earth——”
“You been reading Jules Verne lately?”
“Never read it. But that long journey down, down,—miles and miles,—I can never forget it! I’ve had a globe to look at, and I suppose I must have started thousands of miles from here——”
“Oh, now, come off——”
“Well, it’s no use. I can’t make anybody believe it, but it’s the truth!”
“Write it up for the movies. The Man Who Fell Through the Earth would be a stunning title!”
“Now you’re guying me again. Guess I’ll shut up on that subject. But I’ll stick you for one more helping-hand act. Where can I get a room to live in for a short time?”
“Why a short time?”