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The News of the Lost Captain

           Whenhistonguefailed,hisarmswerecalledtoaid.Paganelgotdownonthegroundandtracedageographicalmaponthesand,showingwherethelinesoflatitudeandlongitudecrossandwherethetwooceanswere,alongwhichtheCarmenrouteled.Thalcavelookedoncomposedly,withoutgivinganyindicationofcomprehendingornotcomprehending.

           Thelessonhadlastedhalfanhour,whenthegeographerleftoff,wipedhisstreamingface,andwaitedforthePatagoniantospeak.

           "Doesheunderstand?"saidGlenarvan.

           "Thatremainstobeseen;butifhedoesn’t,Igiveitup,"repliedPaganel.

           Thalcaveneitherstirrednorspoke.Hiseyesremainedfixedonthelinesdrawnonthesand,nowbecomingfasteffacedbythewind.

           "Well?"saidPaganeltohimatlength.

           ThePatagonianseemednottohear.PaganelfanciedhecoulddetectanironicalsmilealreadyonthelipsoftheMajor,anddeterminedtocarrytheday,wasabouttorecommencehisgeographicalillustrations,whentheIndianstoppedhimbyagesture,andsaid:

           "Youareinsearchofaprisoner?"

           "Yes,"repliedPaganel.

           "Andjustonthislinebetweenthesettingandrisingsun?"addedThalcave,speakinginIndianfashionoftheroutefromwesttoeast.

           "Yes,yes,that’sit."

           "Andit’syourGod,"continuedtheguide,"thathassentyouthesecretofthisprisoneronthewaves."

           "Godhimself."

           "Hiswillbeaccomplishedthen,"repliedthenativealmostsolemnly."Wewillmarcheast,andifitneedsbe,tothesun."

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