Theselastwordsjustifiedthecolonists’presentiment.Therehadbeensomemournfulpast,perhapsexpiatedinthesightofmen,butfromwhichhisconsciencehadnotyetabsolvedhim.Atanyratetheguiltymanfeltremorse,herepented,andhisnewfriendswouldhavecordiallypressedthehandwhichtheysought;buthedidnotfeelhimselfworthytoextendittohonestmen!However,afterthescenewiththejaguar,hedidnotreturntotheforest,andfromthatdaydidnotgobeyondtheenclosureofGraniteHouse.

           Whatwasthemysteryofhislife?Wouldthestrangeronedayspeakofit?Timealonecouldshow.Atanyrate,itwasagreedthathissecretshouldneverbeaskedfromhim,andthattheywouldlivewithhimasiftheysuspectednothing.

           Forsomedaystheirlifecontinuedasbefore.CyrusHardingandGideonSpilettworkedtogether,sometimeschemists,sometimesexperimentalists.ThereporterneverlefttheengineerexcepttohuntwithHerbert,foritwouldnothavebeenprudenttoallowtheladtoramblealoneintheforest;anditwasverynecessarytobeontheirguard.AstoNebandPencroft,onedayatthestablesandpoultry-yard,anotheratthecorral,withoutreckoningworkinGraniteHouse,theywereneverinwantofemployment.

           Thestrangerworkedalone,andhehadresumedhisusuallife,neverappearingatmeals,sleepingunderthetreesintheplateau,neverminglingwithhiscompanions.

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