[The Sleeper Awakes by H.G. Wells]@TWC D-Link bookThe Sleeper Awakes CHAPTER XVI 26/31
But I'm not going to argue these points.
Do you know why I have slept two hundred years? To fly!" "Sire," said the aeronaut, "the rules--if I break the rules--" Graham waved the penalties aside. "Then if you will watch me--" "No," said Graham, swaying and gripping tight as the machine lifted its nose again for an ascent.
"That's not my game.
I want to do it myself. Do it myself if I smash for it! No! I will.
See I am going to clamber by this--to come and share your seat.
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