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.
1863. május 24-én, vasárnap történt, hogy a nagybátyám, Lidenbrock professzor loholva érkezett haza a Königstrasse 19-be, Hamburg óvárosának egyik legrégibb utcájába.