Digital heart book

"Then we had better get off at once," said Thorwald.
And without further words this remarkable family scattered to different
parts of the house and in five minutes were ready to begin a journey of
five or six thousand miles, and the only reason they did not start at once
was that the doctor and I were not quite so expeditious. We were soon on
our way, however, having locked no doors behind us and leaving everything
just as if we were to return in an hour.
We took an electric carriage to the station, and from there went by the
tubular road to the metropolis. This was a great city whence there was
direct communication to all the principal centers of population on the
planet. As we had not been in any haste in making the changes necessary to
reach this stage of our journey, it was now late in the day, and I began
to wonder how we were to continue the trip without being out in the night.
When I mentioned my thought to Thorwald, he removed the difficulty in a
moment by saying:
"We simply travel west and leave the night behind us.


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