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Chapter 34

           Thegirlherselffollowedandstoodonhislefthand,whileherloverstoodonhisright,andcommandingsilence,madethefollowingspeech,whichwastranslatedbythemissionary:

           "Youngfriend,youhaveseenfewyears,butyourheadisold.Yourheart,also,islargeandverybrave.IandAvateaareyourdebtors;andwewish,inthemidstofthisassembly,toacknowledgeourdebt,andtosaythatitisonewhichwecanneverrepay.Youhaveriskedyourlifeforonewhowasknowntoyouonlyforafewdays.Butshewasawomanindistress,andthatwasenoughtosecuretohertheaidofaChristianman.We,wholiveintheseislandsofthesea,knowthatthetrueChristiansalwaysactthus.Theirreligionisoneofloveandkindness.WethankGodthatsomanyChristianshavebeensenthere:wehopemanymorewillcome.RememberthatIandAvateawillthinkofyou,andprayforyouandyourbravecomrades,whenyouarefaraway."

           TothiskindspeechJackreturnedashort,sailor-likereply,inwhichheinsistedthathehadonlydoneforAvateawhathewouldhavedoneforanywomanunderthesun.ButJack’sfortedidnotlieinspeech-making,soheterminatedratherabruptlybyseizingthechief’shandandshakingitviolently,afterwhichhemadeahastyretreat

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