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           Pencroft,hiseyesfixedontheground,stilllookedforhisbox.Heevenclimbeduptheleftbankoftheriverfromitsmouthtotheanglewheretherafthadbeenmoored.Hereturnedtotheplateau,wentoveritineverydirection,searchedamongthehighgrassontheborderoftheforest,allinvain.

           ItwasfiveintheeveningwhenheandHerbertre-enteredthecave.Itisuselesstosaythatthedarkestcornersofthepassageswereransackedbeforetheywereobligedtogiveitupindespair.Towardssixo’clock,whenthesunwasdisappearingbehindthehighlandsofthewest,Herbert,whowaswalkingupanddownonthestrand,signalizedthereturnofNebandSpilett.

           Theywerereturningalone!....Theboy’sheartsank;thesailorhadnotbeendeceivedinhisforebodings;theengineer,CyrusHarding,hadnotbeenfound!

           Thereporter,onhisarrival,satdownonarock,withoutsayinganything.Exhaustedwithfatigue,dyingofhunger,hehadnotstrengthtoutteraword.

           AstoNeb,hisredeyesshowedhowhehadcried,andthetearswhichhecouldnotrestraintoldtooclearlythathehadlostallhope.

           ThereporterrecountedallthattheyhaddoneintheirattempttorecoverCyrusHarding.HeandNebhadsurveyedthecoastforadistanceofeightmilesandconsequentlymuchbeyondtheplacewheretheballoonhadfallenthelasttimebutone,afallwhichwasfollowedbythedisappearanceoftheengineerandthedogTop.Theshorewassolitary;notavestigeofamark.

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