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Paganel’s Last Entanglement

           Hopetrebledmystrength,Icleftthewaveswithsuperhumanvigor,andhadgotsoneartheyachtthatIwasscarcelythirtyfathomsoff,whenittackedabout.

           "Thisprovokedmetothedespairingcry,whichonlymytwochildrenheard.Itwasnoillusion.

           "ThenIcamebacktotheshore,exhaustedandovercomewithemotionandfatigue.Mytwosailorsreceivedmehalfdead.Itwasahorriblenightthislastwespentontheisland,andwebelievedourselvesabandonedforever,whendaydawned,andtherewastheyachtsailingnearlyalongside,undereasysteam.Yourboatwasloweredweweresavedand,oh,wonderofDivinegoodness,mychildren,mybelovedchildren,werethereholdingouttheirarmstome!"

           RobertandMaryalmostsmotheredtheirfatherwithkissesandcaressesasheendedhisnarrative.

           Itwasnowforthefirsttimethatthecaptainheardthatheowedhisdeliverancetothesomewhathieroglyphical

           V.IVVernedocumentwhichhehadplacedinabottleandconfinedtothemercyoftheocean.

           ButwhatwereJacquesPaganel’sthoughtsduringCaptainGrant’srecital?Theworthygeographerwasturningoverinhisbrainforthethousandthtimethewordsofthedocument.Heponderedhisthreesuccessiveinterpretations,allofwhichhadprovedfalse.

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