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S William let go of the handles a slight click was borne to his ear, and then all was silence again.

Occupied though he was in trying to break his fall, our hero could not help feeling that, through some accident or other, the car had failed to start; and he felt a pang of disappointment at the thought. But a fresh surprise was in store for him; for although he was continually falling, he did not seem to be any nearer the bottom of the car than before, but remained suspended, head downward, in mid-air!