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The Best to Do

           Besides,itwasuselesstooverburdenthemselvesforthefewdaysthejourneywouldlast.Infood,inarms,inmunitions,theyweremorethanprovidedfor.Meanwhile,DickSand,byMrs.Weldon’sadvice,didnotneglecttotakeallthemoneywhichhefoundonboardaboutfivehundreddollars.

           Thatwasasmallsum,indeed!Mrs.Weldonhadcarriedalargeramountherselfandshedidnotfinditagain.

           Who,then,exceptNegoro,hadbeenabletovisittheshipbeforethemandtolayhandsonCaptainHull’sandMrs.Weldon’sreserve?Noonebuthe,surely,couldbesuspected.However,DickSandhesitatedamoment.Allthatheknewandallthathesawofhimwasthateverythingwastobefearedfromthatconcentratednature,fromwhomthemisfortunesofotherscouldsnatchasmile.Yes,Negorowasanevilbeing,butmusttheyconcludefromthatthathewasacriminal?ItwaspainfultoDickSand’scharactertogoasfarasthat.And,meanwhile,couldsuspicionrestonanyother?No,thosehonestnegroeshadnotleftthegrottoforaninstant,whileNegorohadwanderedoverthebeach.Healonemustbeguilty.DickSandthenresolvedtoquestionNegoro,and,ifnecessary,havehimsearchedwhenhereturned.Hewishedtoknowdecidedlywhattobelieve.

           Thesunwasthengoingdowntothehorizon.Atthatdatehehadnotyetcrossedtheequatortocarryheatandlightintothenorthernhemisphere,buthewasapproachingit.Hefell,then,almostperpendicularlytothatcircularlinewheretheseaandtheskymeet.

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