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Chapter VIII. Bound for the Falklands
AndweknowthatArthurPymwasmistakeninassertingthatCaptainWilliamGuyandseveralofhiscompanionsperishedinthelandslipofthehillatKlock-Klock.”
“Ah!buthedoesnotassertthis,Mr.Jeorling!Hesaysonlythat,whenheandDirkPetershadreachedtheopeningthroughwhichtheycoulddiscernthesurroundingcountry,theseatoftheartificialearthquakewasrevealedtothem.Now,asthewholefaceofthehillwasrushingintotheravine,thefateofmybrotherandtwenty-nineofhismencouldnotbedoubtfultohismind.Hewas,mostnaturally,ledtobelievethatDirkPetersandhimselfweretheonlywhitemenremainingaliveontheisland.Hesaidnothingbutthis—nothingmore.Thesewereonlysuppositions—veryreasonable,aretheynot?”
“Iadmitthat,fully,captain.”
“Butnow,thankstoPatterson’snote-book,wearecertainthatmybrotherandfiveofhiscompanionsescapedfromthelandslipcontrivedbythenatives.”
“Thatisquiteclear,captain.But,astowhatbecameofthesurvivorsoftheJane,whethertheyweretakenbythenativesofTsalalandkeptincaptivity,orremainedfree,Patterson’snote-booksaysnothing,nordoesitrelateunderwhatcircumstanceshehimselfwascarriedfarawayfromthem.”
“Allthatweshalllearn,Mr.Jeorling.Yes,weshallknowall.ThemainpointisthatwearequitesuremybrotherandfiveofhissailorswerelivinglessthanfourmonthsagoonsomepartofTsalalIsland
