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Chapter 24

           ButyouandIwillthinkoverit,Ralph,andseewhat’stobedone.Inthemeantimeit’sourwatchbelow,soI’llgoandturnin."

           Billthenbademegood-nightandwentbelow,whileacomradetookhisplaceatthehelm;butfeelingnodesiretoenterintoconversationwithhim,Iwalkedaft,andleaningoverthestern,lookeddownintothephosphorescentwavesthatgurgledaroundtherudder,andstreamedoutlikeaflameofbluelightinthevessel’swake.Mythoughtswereverysad,andIcouldscarcerefrainfromtearsasIcontrastedmypresentwretchedpositionwiththehappy,peacefultimeIhadspentontheCoralIslandwithmydearcompanions.AsIthoughtuponJackandPeterkin,anxiousforebodingscrossedmymind,andIpicturedtomyselfthegriefanddismaywithwhichtheywouldsearcheverynookandcorneroftheislandinavainattempttodiscovermydeadbody;forIfeltassuredthatiftheydidnotseeanysignofthepirateschoonerorboatwhentheycameoutofthecavetolookforme,theywouldneverimaginethatIhadbeencarriedaway.Iwondered,too,howJackwouldsucceedingettingPeterkinoutofthecavewithoutmyassistance;andItrembledwhenIthoughtthathemightlosepresenceofmind,andbegintokickwhenhewasinthetunnel!Thesethoughtsweresuddenlyinterruptedandputtoflightbyabright-redblaze,whichlightedupthehorizontothesouthwardandcastacrimsonglowfaroverthesea.

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