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Chapter 30

           Whilethevesselwasslowlyadvancingtoheranchorage,underalightbreeze,JackexplainedtousthatAvateawasstillontheisland,livingamongsttheheathens;thatshehadexpressedastrongdesiretojointheChristians;butTararowouldnotlether,andkeptherconstantlyincloseconfinement.

           "Moreover,"continuedJack,"IfindthatshebelongstooneoftheSamoanIslands,whereChristianityhadbeenintroducedlongbeforehercapturebytheheathensofaneighbouringisland;andtheverydayaftershewastakenshewastohavejoinedthechurchwhichhadbeenplantedtherebythatexcellentbody,theLondonMissionarySociety.Theteachertellsme,too,thatthepoorgirlhasfalleninlovewithaChristianchief,wholivesonanislandsomefiftymilesorsotothesouthofthisone,andthatsheismeditatingadesperateattemptatescape.So,yousee,wehavecomeinthenickoftime.Ifancythatthischiefisthefellowwhomyouheardof,Ralph,attheislandofEmo.Besidesallthis,theheathensavagesareatwaramongthemselves,andthere’stobeabattlefoughtthedayaftertomorrow,inwhichtheprincipalleaderisTararo;sothatwe’llnotbeabletocommenceournegotiationswiththerascallychieftillthedayafter."

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