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Chapter VII. Tristan D’Acunha

           IperfectlyrecallthisWilliamGuy,asifhewerebeforeme.Hewasafine,open-heartedfellow,andIsoldhimacargoofseal-skins.Hehadtheairofagentleman,ratherproud,butgood-natured.”

           “AndtheJane!”

           “IcanseehernowathermooringsinthesameplaceastheHalbrane.Shewasahandsomevesselofonehundredandeightytons,veryslenderfor’ards.ShebelongedtotheportofLiverpool.”

           “Yes;thatistrue,allthatistrue.”

           “AndistheJanestillafloat,Mr.Jeorling?”

           “No,Mr.Glass.”

           “Wasshelost?”

           “Thefactisonlytootrue,andthegreaterpartofhercrewwithher.”

           “Willyoutellmehowthishappened?”

           “Willingly.OnleavingTristand’AcunhatheJaneheadedforthebearingsoftheAuroraandotherislands,whichWilliamGuyhopedtorecognizefrominformation—”

           “Thatcamefromme,”interruptedtheex-corporal.“Andthoseotherislands,mayIlearnwhethertheJanediscoveredthem?”

           “No,northeAuroraseither,althoughWilliamGuyremainedseveralweeksinthosewaters,runningfromeasttowest,withalook-outalwaysatthemasthead.”

           “Hemusthavelosthisbearings,Mr.Jeorling,for,ifseveralwhalers,whowerewelldeservingofcredit,aretobebelieved,theseislandsdoexist,anditwasevenproposedtogivethemmyname.”

           “Thatwouldhavebeenbutjust,”Irepliedpolitely.

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