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           Everyday,Hardingimposedonhimselfthetaskofpassingsomehoursinhiscompany.Hecameandworkednearhim,andoccupiedhimselfindifferentthings,soastofixhisattention.Aspark,indeed,wouldbesufficienttoreilluminethatsoul,arecollectioncrossingthatbraintorecallreason.Thathadbeenseen,duringthestorm,onboardthe"Bonadventure!"Theengineerdidnotneglecteithertospeakaloud,soastopenetrateatthesametimebytheorgansofhearingandsightthedepthsofthattorpidintelligence.Sometimesoneofhiscompanions,sometimesanother,sometimesalljoinedhim.Theyspokemostoftenofthingsbelongingtothenavy,whichmustinterestasailor.

           Attimes,thestrangergavesomeslightattentiontowhatwassaid,andthesettlersweresoonconvincedthathepartlyunderstoodthem.Sometimestheexpressionofhiscountenancewasdeeplysorrowful,aproofthathesufferedmentally,forhisfacecouldnotbemistaken;buthedidnotspeak,althoughatdifferenttimes,however,theyalmostthoughtthatwordswereabouttoissuefromhislips.Atallevents,thepoorcreaturewasquitequietandsad!

           Butwasnothiscalmonlyapparent?Wasnothissadnessonlytheresultofhisseclusion?Nothingcouldyetbeascertained.

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