popofs

Updated: June 4, 2025

I have scarcely reached the platform before Popofs door opens, and without seeing me he hurries through the van on to the engine. Almost immediately the train resumes its normal speed and Popof reappears a minute afterwards. "What is the matter, Popof?" "What is often the matter, Monsieur Bombarnac. We have smashed a dromedary." "Poor brute!" "Poor brute? He might have thrown us off the line!"

Jules Verne - The Adventures of a Special Correspondent