4 (french) Werber, Bernard

anticipation of a new misadventure like this, I wore
constantly in my pocket a small rubber baton.
The cilia vibrated. The eyes were opened. The mouth
twisted into a grimace which turned into a smile. Ping, ping,
ping, brain and heart had found their rhythm normal,
Our guinea pig seemed neither vegetable nor denies. And
he was safe. The Thanatonautes had regained
thanatodrome safe and sound!
- Yaaaaaaaaahouuuuuuuuhhhhhhk! We have re-u-ssi! roars
Raoul. The hangar resounded with cries of joy. Amandine,
and Raoul We hugged me frantically. Naturally, the first
Raoul pulled himself together:
- So how was it? he asked, leaning to Felix. We watched
eagerly the first word that would arise from the traveler
extraordinary. Whatever word, it was likely to enter the
history books, one of the first man who passed a return to
the country the dead.
All of a sudden, complete silence reigned in the room. We
were so waiting for this moment. Until then we
had always failed, and it was this madman-like
of Pithecanthropus that held the answers the world
always dreamed.