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146 small; but my body is so large that the air will stop me before I get half-way to the side of the car!"

Our hero's face fell; but the idea of the resistance of the air suggested a new train of thought.

"Hurrah!" he cried. "I see now how I shall be able to reach the side of the car! All that I have been saying about being obliged to stay here would be true only if there were no air in the car. If there were no air I should indeed have no point of resistance against which to work. But there is air in the car, and this will prove my salvation. The air in the car will furnish me with the point of resistance I have been seeking. In five minutes I shall reach the floor, for I will swim down through the air! It will be harder work to swim here than through water, but it will be far better than to remain suspended in mid-air like this!"