From the Earth to the Moon - 19

by Jules Verne in English Science-Fiction

Chapter 19 A Monster Meeting On the following day Barbicane, fearing that indiscreet ques-tions might be put to Michel Ardan, was desirous of reducing the number of the audience to a few of the initiated, his own colleagues for ...Read MoreHe might as well have tried to check the Falls of Niagara! he was compelled, therefore, to give up the idea, and let his new friend run the chances of a public conference. The place chosen for this monster meeting was a vast plain situated in the rear of the town. In a few hours, thanks to the help of Read Less