:17:00
I'm involved in
something important.
:17:02
More important
than our university?
:17:04
Something any university
would envy us.
:17:07
Ah, yes!
Ha ha!
:17:08
You laugh!
:17:10
What does the name
Arne Saknussemm mean to you?
:17:14
Saknussemm, Saknussemm.
:17:16
Didn't he write about
the lost city of Atlantis?
:17:20
That was
his early career.
:17:22
He's famous for
his study of volcanoes.
:17:25
Out of a volcano
came this message from him.
:17:28
It lay unnoticed
for 100 years
:17:30
until picked up
by some peasant,
:17:33
gathered dust in a curiosity shop
until it came to me.
:17:36
Here is a translation
of the words.
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"I'm dying, but my life's work
must not be lost.
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"Whoever descends into the crater
of Sneffels Yocul
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"can reach the center
of the earth.
:17:46
I did it.
Arne Saknussemm."
:17:48
Center of the earth?
:17:49
Sneffels
Yocul?
:17:50
That's an extinct volcano
in Iceland.
:17:52
According to this, it
must lead to an unknown region.
:17:56
But this is
sheer fantasy.
:17:57
You haven't heard
all of it.
:17:59
There's a postscriptum.
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"At sunrise on
the last day of May,
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the mountain Scartaris
will point the path."
:18:07
What do you say now?
:18:08
I'm more mystified
than ever.
:18:10
Scartaris?
:18:11
Scartaris is a mountain
peak near the volcano.
:18:14
This is
a student's hoax.
:18:16
Wait a second,
rector.
:18:18
Let's not take
that tone.
:18:20
Let's assume
it's authentic.
:18:22
Isn't the correct
procedure
:18:24
to submit a paper
to the university officially?
:18:27
You must consult
other experts.
:18:29
This needs
verification.
:18:31
Here is my paper.
:18:33
I've written to
the foremost authority in Europe.
:18:36
The Royal
Geological Society?
:18:38
More eminent still.
:18:39
Professor Goetaborg
of Stockholm.
:18:41
Oh? And what
does he say?
:18:43
I haven't
received his reply.
:18:46
I've written
to him twice!
:18:48
Well, then, I suggest
we relax on the matter
:18:51
until your famous correspondent
sees fit to answer you.
:18:54
Meanwhile, we could do
with some tea.
:18:57
I know you two
think I'm daft.