CHAPTER XX
DOWNWARD HO!
HILE the whole civilized world was watching, as it were, the fall of the car, let us see how William was faring in his singular vehicle.
His first sensation on entering it had been a most curious one, for the internal arrangements were quite striking. To use our hero's expression, he seemed to be inside a large Dutch cheese. The fact is that the room, if such it may be called, was nearly cylindrical in shape, and the walls were lined throughout with thick, soft cushions of a reddish color. Even the door by which he entered, and which he now carefully closed and locked behind him, was padded with similar cushions.
"Evidently," thought William, "the doctor does n't want me to get hurt in case my car
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