Here there was matter for reflection even to the most impassive man in the world.

What would Conseil say?
"Conseil," I called a third time.
Conseil appeared.
"Did you call, sir ?" said he, entering.
"Yes, my boy; make preparations for me and yourself too.

We leave in two hours." "As you please, sir," replied Conseil, quietly.
"Not an instant to lose; lock in my trunk all travelling utensils, coats, shirts, and stockings--without counting, as many as you can, and make haste." "And your collections, sir ?" observed Conseil.
"They will keep them at the hotel." "We are not returning to Paris, then ?" said Conseil.
"Oh! certainly," I answered, evasively, "by making a curve." "Will the curve please you, sir ?" "Oh! it will be nothing; not quite so direct a road, that is all.

We take our passage in the Abraham, Lincoln." "As you think proper, sir," coolly replied Conseil.
"You see, my friend, it has to do with the monster--the famous narwhal.
We are going to purge it from the seas.

A glorious mission, but a dangerous one! We cannot tell where we may go; these animals can be very capricious.