On the 24th of May, 1863, my uncle, Professor Liedenbrock, rushed into his little house, No. 19 Königstrasse, one of the oldest streets in the oldest portion of the city of Hamburg. Martha must have concluded that she was very much behindhand, for the dinner had only just been put into the oven.
Op Zondag, den 25sten Mei 1863, keerde mijn oom, professor Lidenbrock, haastig terug naar zijn huisje No 19 van de Koningstraat, eene der oudste straten van de oude wijk te Hamburg.