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 I had hoped for. When I asked M. Lachambre how much it would cost me to take a short trip in one of his balloons his reply so astonished me that I asked him to repeat it. "For a long trip of three or four hours," he said, "it will cost you 250 francs, all expenses and return of balloon by rail included." "And the damages?" I asked. "We shall not do any damage!" he replied, laughing. I closed with him on the spot, and M. Machuron agreed to take me up the next day.