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           CyrusHarding,therefore,resolvedtoproceedwithoutanyfurtherdelaytothefabricationofastrongropeladder,which,onceraised,wouldrenderGraniteHousecompletelyinaccessible.

           Thisladderwasmanufacturedwithextremecare,anditsuprights,formedofthetwistedfibersofaspeciesofcane,hadthestrengthofathickcable.Astotherounds,theyweremadeofasortofredcedar,withlight,strongbranches;andthisapparatuswaswroughtbythemasterlyhandofPencroft.

           Otherropesweremadewithvegetablefibers,andasortofcranewithatacklewasfixedatthedoor.InthiswaybrickscouldeasilyberaisedintoGraniteHouse.Thetransportofthematerialsbeingthussimplified,thearrangementoftheinteriorcouldbeginimmediately.Therewasnowantoflime,andsomethousandsofbricksweretherereadytobeused.Theframeworkofthepartitionswassoonraised,veryroughlyatfirst,andinashorttime,thecavewasdividedintoroomsandstorehouses,accordingtotheplanagreedupon.

           Thesedifferentworksprogressedrapidlyunderthedirectionoftheengineer,whohimselfhandledthehammerandthetrowel.NolaborcameamisstoCyrusHarding,whothussetanexampletohisintelligentandzealouscompanions.Theyworkedwithconfidence,evengaily,Pencroftalwayshavingsomejoketocrack,sometimescarpenter,sometimesrope-maker,sometimesmason,whilehecommunicatedhisgoodhumortoallthemembersoftheirlittleworld.Hisfaithintheengineerwascomplete;nothingcoulddisturbit.

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