Five Weeks in a Balloon - 37

by Jules Verne in English Adventure Stories

Chapter 37 The Western Route.—Joe wakes up.—His Obstin- acy. —End of Joe's Narrative .—Tagelei.—Kennedy' s Anxieties.—The Route to the North.—A Night near Aghades. During the night the wind lulled as though reposing after the boisterousness of the day, and ...Read MoreVictoria remained quietly at the top of the tall sycamore. The doctor and Kennedy kept watch by turns, and Joe availed himself of the chance to sleep most sturdily for twenty-four hours at a stretch. "That's the remedy he needs," said Dr. Ferguson. "Nature will take charge of his care." With the dawn the wind sprang up again in quite Read Less