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Ned Malone is an early twenties American reporter. He started out as a newspaperboy, then became a copyboy and war correspondent. It was during the war that he learned to travel by hot-air balloon. He volunteered for the expedition to impress | Veronica grew up in the Lost World. Both she and her parents were part of an earlier expedition also trapped on the mysterious plateau. Most of that party died trying to escape the many dangers facing them. Veronica's parents remained behind but disappeared eleven |
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| Gladys the woman he loves, who doesn't love him..In the Lost World he realises he may never see her again complicated by his new attraction | years ago while out collecting specimens.They left heralone to live in theirtreehouse. She has survived here by a mixture of skill, friendships | ||
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to Veronica. Malone is not, by nature, a courageous man.He is more afraid of being thought a coward than anything else. It is this fear that often propels him to act even though he is terrified. |
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with local tribes, luck and perhaps something else watching over and protecting her. Veronica is very physical, very able to protect herself and the others. She knows the hidden dangers of the Lost World; without her aid the team would never survive. |