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           HardingalsoremindedhiscompanionsofthesingularbehaviorofTopandJupwhentheyprowledroundthemouthofthewell,whichplacedGraniteHouseincommunicationwiththesea,andhetoldthemthathehadexploredthewell,withoutdiscoveringanythingsuspicious.Thefinalresolvetaken,inconsequenceofthisconversation,byallthemembersofthecolony,wasthatassoonasthefineseasonreturnedtheywouldthoroughlysearchthewholeoftheisland.

           ButfromthatdayPencroftappearedtobeanxious.Hefeltasiftheislandwhichhehadmadehisownpersonalpropertybelongedtohimentirelynolonger,andthatheshareditwithanothermaster,towhom,willingornot,hefeltsubject.Nebandheoftentalkedofthoseunaccountablethings,andboth,theirnaturesincliningthemtothemarvelous,werenotfarfrombelievingthatLincolnIslandwasunderthedominionofsomesupernaturalpower.

           Inthemeanwhile,thebadweathercamewiththemonthofMay,theNovemberofthenorthernzones.Itappearedthatthewinterwouldbesevereandforward.Thepreparationsforthewinterseasonwerethereforecommencedwithoutdelay.

           Nevertheless,thecolonistswerewellpreparedtomeetthewinter,howeverharditmightbe.Theyhadplentyoffeltclothing,andthemusmons,verynumerousbythistime,hadfurnishedanabundanceofwoolnecessaryforthemanufactureofthiswarmmaterial.

           ItisunnecessarytosaythatAyrtonhadbeenprovidedwiththiscomfortableclothing.

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