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Chapter XVIII. A Revelation

           Honestly,wasitpossibletoadmitthatWilliamGuyandhisfivecompanionscouldhaveaccomplishedsuchadistanceonacraft,andwasthereonechanceinahundredthattheycouldeverberecovered?

           Onthe15thofJanuaryanobservationmostcarefullytakengave43°13’longitudeand88°17’latitude.TheHalbranewaslessthantwodegreesfromthepole.

           CaptainLenGuydidnotseektoconcealtheresultofthisobservation,andthesailorsknewenoughofnauticalcalculationtounderstandit.Besides,iftheconsequenceshadtobeexplainedtothem,werenotHoltandHardytheretodothis,andHearne,toexaggeratethemtotheutmost?

           DuringtheafternoonIhadindubitableproofthatthesealing-masterhadbeenworkingonthemindsofthecrew.Themen,emergingatthefootofthemainmast,talkedinwhispersandcastevilglancesatus.Twoorthreesailorsmadethreateninggesturesundisguisedly;thenarosesuchangrymutteringsthatWestcouldnottobedeaftothem.

           Hestrodeforwardandcalledout.“Silence,there!Thefirstmanwhospeakswillhavetoreckonwithme!”

           CaptainLenGuywasshutupinhiscabin,buteverymomentIexpectedtoseehimcomeout,giveonelastlookaroundthewasteofwaters,andthenordertheship’scoursetobereversed.Nevertheless,onthenextdaytheschoonerwassailinginthesamedirection.Unfortunately—forthecircumstancehadsomegravity—amistwasbeginningtocomedownonus.Icouldnotkeepstill,Iconfess.Myapprehensionswereredoubled.

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