Дети капитана Гранта

Wealth in the Wilderness

           Thewinesandviandswereofthefinestquality;butwhatpleasedtheguestsmostofallinthemidstoftheserefinementsofopulence,wasthejoyoftheyoungsquattersinofferingthemthissplendidhospitality.

           Itwasnotlongbeforetheyweretoldthehistoryoftheexpedition,andhadtheirliveliestinterestawakenedforitssuccess.TheyspokehopefullytotheyoungGrants,andMichaelsaid:"HarryGranthasevidentlyfallenintothehandsofnatives,sincehehasnotturnedupatanyofthesettlementsonthecoast.Heknowshispositionexactly,asthedocumentproves,andthereasonhedidnotreachsomeEnglishcolonyisthathemusthavebeentakenprisonerbythesavagesthemomenthelanded!"

           "Thatispreciselywhatbefellhisquartermaster,Ayrton,"saidJohnMangles.

           "Butyou,gentlemen,then,haveneverheardthecatastropheoftheBritannia,mentioned?"inquiredLadyHelena.

           "Never,Madam,"repliedMichael.

           "Andwhattreatment,inyouropinion,hasCaptainGrantmetwithamongthenatives?"

           "TheAustraliansarenotcruel,Madam,"repliedtheyoungsquatter,"andMissGrantmaybeeasyonthatscore.Therehavebeenmanyinstancesofthegentlenessoftheirnature,andsomeEuropeanshavelivedalongtimeamongthemwithouthavingtheleastcausetocomplainoftheirbrutality."

           "King,amongothers,thesolesurvivoroftheBurkeexpedition,"putinPaganel.

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