Her words gave me courage, but I was still upset, and went to my uncle's study to speak to him about my fears.
她的话给了我勇气,但是我依然不安,便来到叔叔的书房和他谈谈我的担心。
"Uncle," I asked, "why are you in such a hurry to be gone? Today is only the twenty-sixth of May, we still have time before we have to go."
“叔叔,”我问,“你为何这么急着出发?今天才五月二十六日,我们不必这么急着走。”
"Do you think it's so quick and easy to go to Iceland, you fool? If you'd not left me yesterday, we could have gone on a trip leaving for Copenhagen. There's only one ship going from Copenhagen, Denmark, to Reykjavik, the city in Iceland where the volcano is. That ship leaves on the twenty-second of each month. If we had waited till the twenty-second of June to leave from Copenhagen for Reykjavik, we'd arrive too late to see the shadow in the volcano that will lead us into the earth. Now, we have to find some other way to get to Iceland. Go and pack your suitcase."