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           Intheirsituationeveryincidenthaditsimportance,and,certainly,duringthesevenmonthswhichtheyhadspentontheisland,theyhadnotbeforemetwithanythingofsosurprisingacharacter.

           Bethatasitmay,forgettingtheirfatigueinthesingularityoftheevent,theyremainedbelowGraniteHouse,notknowingwhattothink,notknowingwhattodo,questioningeachotherwithoutanyhopeofasatisfactoryreply,everyonestartingsomesuppositioneachmoreunlikelythanthelast.Nebbewailedhimself,muchdisappointedatnotbeingabletogetintohiskitchen,fortheprovisionswhichtheyhadhadontheirexpeditionwereexhausted,andtheyhadnomeansofrenewingthem.

           "Myfriends,"atlastsaidCyrusHarding,"thereisonlyonethingtobedoneatpresent;waitforday,andthenactaccordingtocircumstances.ButletusgototheChimneys.Thereweshallbeundershelter,andifwecannoteat,wecanatleastsleep."

           "Butwhoisitthathasplayedusthiscooltrick?"againaskedPencroft,unabletomakeuphismindtoretirefromthespot.

           Whoeveritwas,theonlythingpracticablewastodoastheengineerproposed,togototheChimneysandtherewaitforday.InthemeanwhileTopwasorderedtomountguardbelowthewindowsofGraniteHouse,andwhenTopreceivedanorderheobeyeditwithoutanyquestioning.Thebravedogthereforeremainedatthefootofthecliffwhilehismasterwithhiscompanionssoughtarefugeamongtherocks.

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