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Preparation for the Journey

           Heexploredthecoal-bunkers,thestore-room,thepowder-store,andarmory,inwhichlastheseemedtobeparticularlyattractedbyacannonmountedontheforecastle.Glenarvansawhehadtodowithamanwhounderstoodsuchmatters,aswasevidentfromhisquestions.Ayrtonconcludedhisinvestigationsbyasurveyofthemastsandrigging.

           "Youhaveafinevessel,myLord,"hesaidafterhiscuriositywassatisfied.

           "Agoodone,andthatisbest,"repliedGlenarvan.

           "Andwhatishertonnage?"

           "Twohundredandtentons."

           "Idon’tthinkIamfarout,"continuedAyrton,"injudgingherspeedatfifteenknots.Ishouldsayshecoulddothateasily."

           "Sayseventeen,"putinJohnMangles,"andyou’vehitthemark."

           "Seventeen!"exclaimedthequartermaster."Why,notaman-of-warnotthebestamongthem,Imeancouldchaseher!"

           "Notone,"repliedMangles."TheDuncanisaregularracingyacht,andwouldneverletherselfbebeaten."

           "Evenatsailing?"askedAyrton.

           "Evenatsailing."

           "Well,myLord,andyoutoo,captain,"returnedAyrton,"allowasailorwhoknowswhatashipisworth,tocomplimentyouonyours."

           "Stayonboardofher,then,Ayrton,"saidGlenarvan;"itrestswithyourselftocallityours."

           "Iwillthinkofit,myLord,"wasallAyrton’sreply.

           JustthenM.Olbinettcametoannouncedinner,andhisLordshiprepairedwithhisgueststothesaloon.

           "ThatAyrtonisanintelligentman,"saidPaganeltotheMajor.

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