"An island," said he.
"And why have we not the right to name it?"
"Because I believe it has been already discovered. Because I believe it is inhabited!"
"Inhabited!" I shouted; "and by whom?"
"By a man."
"By a man, or by men? Which did you say?"
"I said by a man—by one man—I believe that island has a single inhabitant, but we shall see!"
Again I looked at my brother with curiosity, half-wondering if he were demented.
"I understood you to say that the Palæocrystic Sea was the dividing line between the known and the unknown world.
"And you understood me correctly," he replied,