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The Wreck

           

           Itwasindeedaship,whichpresenteditselfonitsside,tothestarboard.Capsizedasfarasthenettings,sheheeledsomuchthatitwouldbealmostimpossibletostanduponherdeck.Nothingcouldbeseenbeyondhermasts.Fromtheport-shroudswerebangingonlysomeendsofbrokenrope,andthechainsbrokenbythecloaksofwhite-crestedwaves.Onthestarboardsideopenedalargeholebetweenthetimbersoftheframe-workandthedamagedplanks.

           "Thisshiphasbeenruninto,"criedDickSand.

           "Thereisnodoubtofthat,"repliedCaptainHull;"anditisamiraclethatshedidnotsinkimmediately."

           "Iftherehasbeenacollision,"observedMrs.Weldon,"wemusthopethatthecrewofthisshiphasbeenpickedupbythosewhostruckher."

           "Itistobehopedso,Mrs.Weldon,"repliedCaptain,Hull,"unlessthiscrewsoughtrefugeintheirownboatsafterthecollision,incasethecollidingvesselshouldsailrightonwhich,alas!sometimeshappens."

           "Isitpossible?Thatwouldbeaproofofverygreatinhumanity,Mr.

           Hull."

           "Yes,Mrs.Weldon.Yes!andinstancesarenotwanting.Astothecrewofthisship,whatmakesmebelievethatitismorelikelytheyhaveleftit,isthatIdonotseeasingleboat;and,unlessthemenonboardhavebeenpickedup,Ishouldbemoreinclinedtothinkthattheyhavetriedtoroachtheland.But,atthisdistancefromtheAmericancontinent,orfromtheislandsofOceanica,itistobefearedthattheyhavenotsucceeded."

           "Perhaps,"saidMrs.Weldon,"weshallneverknowthesecretofthiscatastrophe.

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