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Quotation from Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne

“And raising his flask he emptied it every drop between my lips.”

Jules Verne (spoken by Axel)

Journey to the Center of the Earth, Chapter XXI, Compassion Fuses the Professor's Heart, trans. F. A. Malleson

Portrait of Jules Verne

Dying of thirst in the tunnel, Axel receives the last water his uncle had secretly saved.

Citation: "And raising his flask he emptied it every drop between my lips." — Jules Verne, Journey to the Center of the Earth, Chapter XXI, Compassion Fuses the Professor's Heart, trans. F. A. Malleson. (id journey-to-the-center-of-the-earth-q3)

Portrait: Félix Nadar 1820-1910 portraits Jules Verne, Nadar, Public domain.

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