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Chapter XX. “Unmerciful Disaster“
Westoodmotionless,withourfeetrootedtotheicysoil.Nowordscouldexpressthehorrorofoursituation!
AsforWest,whentheschoonerhaddisappearedintheabyss,Isawbigtearsfallfromhiseyes.TheHalbranethathelovedsomuchwasnowanunknownquantity!Yes,ourstout-heartedmatewept.
Threeofourmenhadperished,andinwhatfrightfulfashion!IhadseenRogersandGratian,twoofourmostfaithfulsailors,stretchouttheirhandsindespairastheywereknockedaboutbythereboundingoftheschooner,andfinallysinkwithher!TheothermanfromtheFalklands,anAmerican,wascrushedinitsrush;hisshapelessformlayinapoolofblood.Threenewvictimswithinthelasttendayshadtobeinscribedontheregisterofthosewhodiedduringthisfatalvoyage!Ah!fortunehadfavouredusuptothehourwhentheHalbranewassnatchedfromherownelement,butherhandwasnowagainstus.
