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Read The Trip of the Horla, by Guy de Maupassant
How does the quote "We are already so far, so high! What? Are we really leaving these people down there?" contribute to the story?
Answer:
It shows how amazed the narrator was by the speed of the hot air balloon going up.
Explanation:
The narrator describes the moments before the hot air balloon gets released in a rather calm tone. When he gets to the moment when the balloon rapidly rises into the sky, the narrator quotes himself, showing how impressed he was at that point by the high speed at which the balloon could travel.
