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           "Totheraft!"heshouted.

           Suchwashisonlyreply.Itwasnouseformetoentreat,supplicate,getangry,ordoanythingelseinthewayofopposition;itwouldonlyhavebeenopposingawillharderthanthegraniterock.

           Hanswasfinishingtherepairsoftheraft.Onewouldhavethoughtthatthisstrangebeingwasguessingatmyuncle’sintentions.Withafewmorepiecesofsurturbrandhehadrefittedourvessel.Asailalreadyhungfromthenewmast,andthewindwasplayinginitswavingfolds.

           TheProfessorsaidafewwordstotheguide,andimmediatelyheputeverythingonboardandarrangedeverynecessaryforourdeparture.Theairwasclearandthenorth-westwindblewsteadily.

           WhatcouldIdo?CouldIstandagainstthetwo?Itwasimpossible?IfHanshadbuttakenmyside!Butno,itwasnottobe.TheIcelanderseemedtohaverenouncedallwillofhisownandmadeavowtoforgetanddenyhimself.Icouldgetnothingoutofaservantsofeudalised,asitwere,tohismaster.Myonlycoursewastoproceed.

           IwasthereforegoingwithasmuchresignationasIcouldfindtoresumemyaccustomedplaceontheraft,whenmyunclelaidhishanduponmyshoulder.

           "Weshallnotsailuntilto-morrow,"hesaid.

           Imadeamovementintendedtoexpressresignation.

           "Imustneglectnothing,"hesaid;"andsincemyfatehasdrivenmeonthispartofthecoast,IwillnotleaveituntilIhaveexaminedit."

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