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           Andindeedthesomberbuntingwasfloatingfromthemastofthebrig,andtheyhadnowgoodreasonforconsideringhertobeasuspiciousvessel!

           Hadtheengineer,then,beenrightinhispresentiments?Wasthisapiratevessel?DidshescourthePacific,competingwiththeMalayproaswhichstillinfestit?ForwhathadshecometolookattheshoresofLincolnIsland?Wasittothemanunknownisland,readytobecomeamagazineforstolencargoes?Hadshecometofindonthecoastashelteredportforthewintermonths?Wasthesettlers’honestdomaindestinedtobetransformedintoaninfamousrefugetheheadquartersofthepiracyofthePacific?

           Alltheseideasinstinctivelypresentedthemselvestothecolonists’imaginations.Therewasnodoubt,besides,ofthesignificationwhichmustbeattachedtothecolorofthehoistedflag.Itwasthatofpirates!Itwasthatwhichthe"Duncan"wouldhavecarried,hadtheconvictssucceededintheircriminaldesign!Notimewaslostbeforediscussingit.

           "Myfriends,"saidCyrusHarding,"perhapsthisvesselonlywishestosurveythecoastoftheisland.Perhapshercrewwillnotland.Thereisachanceofit.Howeverthatmaybe,weoughttodoeverythingwecantohideourpresencehere.ThewindmillonProspectHeightsistooeasilyseen.LetAyrtonandNebgoandtakedownthesails.WemustalsoconcealthewindowsofGraniteHousewiththickbranches.Allthefiresmustbeextinguished,sothatnothingmaybetraythepresenceofmenontheisland."

           "Andourvessel?"saidHerbert.

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