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The Crowd:

Listen to the cause.

 

Vandergold:

—well, then——

 

First Man from the Crowd:

Let’s hear now, Mr. Vandergold——

 

Vandergold:

This was no mere earthquake.

 

Second Man from the Crowd:

That’s what I thought straight away. What was it, then?

 

Vandergold:

My information is beyond question. A strange and great event has occurred.

 

The Crowd:

A great event has happened.

 

Vandergold:

So listen. Last night, amid the rumbling of the earth and in an ocean tempest, a great island emerged in the middle of the Atlantic.

 

The Crowd:

Ah!

 

Vandergold:

Did I say an island? It is a great new continent!