:47:09
(CHALLENGER)
They would have crowned us in laurels, Leo.
:47:13
They'll never take our work seriously again.
:47:15
Society can be forgiving. We have
powerful friends in the academic world.
:47:21
- It'll be easy to restore his reputation.
- What about mine?
:47:25
Well, I never wanted a silly chair
at Oxford, anyway.
:47:30
Too much paperwork.
:47:32
It won't be long before you astonish
the world with some new discovery.
:47:36
Funnily enough, someone has sent me
a rather interesting map.
:47:40
If it's genuine, it could lead me to
the exact location of the lost city of Atlantis.
:47:50
Goodbye, Leo.
:47:55
George, when you're next in London,
come and have dinner with us.
:48:00
I might be some time, but thank you.
:48:13
Well.
:48:16
You got your answer, then.
:48:21
What are you going to do now?
:48:24
Well, I suspect my career
as a journalist is over,
:48:27
so I thought I might try my hand
at a bad novel.
:48:31
Just what the world needs!
:48:36
(EDWARD) Professor, if you need
any help with your next venture...
:48:42
(CHALLENGER CHUCKLES)
:48:45
I'll be in touch.
:48:51
(EDWARD) "Lord John Philip Roxton
lived as he died: a man of action.
:48:57
"He craved the wide horizons, the dangers
of the world's unexplored territories.