Дети капитана Гранта

A Wager and How Decided

           "No,madam,"repliedPaganel;"itisadesertcoast,withnocommunicationbetweenitandMelbourneorAdelaide.IftheBritanniawaswreckedonthoserockyshores,shewasasmuchcutofffromallchanceofhelpasifshehadbeenlostontheinhospitableshoresofAfrica."

           "Butwhathasbecomeofmyfatherthere,then,allthesetwoyears?"askedMaryGrant.

           "MydearMary,"repliedPaganel,"youhavenottheleastdoubt,haveyou,thatCaptainGrantreachedtheAustraliancontinentafterhisshipwreck?"

           "No,MonsieurPaganel."

           "Well,grantingthat,whatbecameofhim?Thesuppositionswemightmakearenotnumerous.Theyareconfinedtothree.EitherHarryGrantandhiscompanionshavefoundtheirwaytotheEnglishcolonies,ortheyhavefallenintothehandsofthenatives,ortheyarelostintheimmensewildsofAustralia."

           "Goon,Paganel,"saidLordGlenarvan,asthelearnedFrenchmanmadeapause.

           "ThefirsthypothesisIreject,then,tobeginwith,forHarryGrantcouldnothavereachedtheEnglishcolonies,orlongagohewouldhavebeenbackwithhischildreninthegoodtownofDundee."

           "Poorfather,"murmuredMary,"awayfromusfortwowholeyears."

           "Hush,Mary,"saidRobert,"MonsieurPaganelwilltellus."

           "Alas!myboy,Icannot.AllthatIaffirmis,thatCaptainGrantisinthehandsofthenatives."

           "Butthesenatives,"saidLadyHelena,hastily,"arethey"

           "Reassureyourself,madam,"saidPaganel,diviningherthoughts.

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