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A New Destination

           Iconsiderthemwiseandweighty,anddeservingourattention,andthinkthemjustlyentitledtoformthebasisofourfutureresearches.ButstillIshouldlikethemtobesubmittedtoafinalexamination,inordertomaketheirworthincontestableanduncontested."

           "Goon,Major,"saidPaganel;"Iamreadytoanswerallyourquestions."

           "Theyaresimpleenough,asyouwillsee.Fivemonthsago,whenwelefttheClyde,wehadstudiedthesesamedocuments,andtheirinterpretationthenappearedquiteplain.NoothercoastbutthewesterncoastofPatagoniacouldpossibly,wethought,havebeenthesceneoftheshipwreck.Wehadnoteventheshadowofadoubtonthesubject."

           "That’strue,"repliedGlenarvan.

           "Alittlelater,"continuedtheMajor,"whenaprovidentialfitofabsenceofmindcameoverPaganel,andbroughthimonboardtheyacht,thedocumentsweresubmittedtohimandheapprovedourplanofsearchmostunreservedly."

           "Idonotdenyit,"saidPaganel.

           "Andyetweweremistaken,"resumedtheMajor.

           "Yes,weweremistaken,"returnedPaganel;"butitisonlyhumantomakeamistake,whiletopersistinit,amanmustbeafool."

           "Stop,Paganel,don’texciteyourself;Idon’tmeantosaythatweshouldprolongoursearchinAmerica."

           "Whatisit,then,thatyouwant?"askedGlenarvan.

           "Aconfession,nothingmore.AconfessionthatAustralianowasevidentlyappearstobethetheateroftheshipwreckoftheBritanniaasAmericadidbefore."

           "Weconfessitwillingly,"repliedPaganel.

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