"Yes."
"Ach, himmel! I nefer rode mit a air-ship. Vill I be seasick py it?"
"I don't think so. You see, I have never navigated an air-ship myself, but I'll bank on the Eagle doing its work. I can run the engine."
"Vat oof it shouldt durn oopside town mit us vile ve vas a mile in der air?"
"I'll guarantee it won't do that."
"Vell, vedder or nod," said Carl, "I am going afder my bard. Oof der tangers vas greadt, I take dem; und oof dey vasn't so greadt, den I take dem, too. Matt vouldt do more as dot for me, yah, I bed you!"
Harris was also afflicted with doubts.
"The ground has always been good enough for me, Jerrold," said he, "and whenever I get my feet off it and go up any distance I have a bad case of vertigo. If I should get dizzy and fall off the car——"
"You won't," interrupted the inventor; "people never get dizzy in balloons."
"You're sure it won't tip over and spill us out?"