" HAT do I think of it? Why, doctor, the whole scheme is impossible from beginning to end, and I am surprised that a scientist of your standing should entertain it for a single moment."

"But, James, you surely cannot understand my plan fully, or you would see that, so far from being impossible, it is most feasible if I can only secure the necessary capital."

"Either I must be dreaming, doctor, or else I do not altogether understand you. From what you tell me, I gather that your idea is to open a rapid-transit line between Australia and the United States. You propose to bore a hole