After some moments' silence the Professor was himself again. Otto Liedenbrock, yielding to his nature, forgot all the circumstances of our eventful journey, forgot where we were standing, forgot the vaulted cavern which contained us. No doubt he was in mind back again in his Johannæum, holding forth to his pupils, for he assumed his learned air; and addressing himself to an imaginary audience, he proceeded thus:
Néhány percnyi csönd után a professzor felülkerekedett a nagybácsin: Otto Lidenbrock, elfelejtve utazásunk körülményeit, a környezetet, végtelen barlangunkat, alighanem azt képzelte, hogy az akadémián van, és előad hallgatóinak, mert torkát köszörülve megszólalt: