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 1 VIII|         Gentlemen,” said he, “you ask yourselves doubtless if
 2 VIII| interrogative style, “Perhaps you ask if to this power of the “
 3 VIII|      himself, “we have nothing to ask about what you seem to believe,
 4 VIII|           believe, but we wish to ask you a question which we
 5 VIII|        came out of it alive?”~“To ask is not to answer,” said
 6 VIII|          ironically, “how can you ask me such a question when
 7 IX  |           Uncle Prudent wished to ask Robur to take him eastwards
 8 X   |          said Turner.~“I need not ask if he has gone out.”~“Perhaps
 9 XXI |            The fugitives began to ask themselves if they had not
10 XXI |       balloonists were longing to ask Uncle Prudent and the secretary