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           LordGlenarvanwasnowonboardthe‘Duncan,’butAyrtonwastherealso.Heappearedbeforethenobleman,whowishedtoextractfromhimallthatthevillainknewaboutCaptainGrant.Ayrtonrefusedtospeak.LordGlenarvanthentoldhim,thatatthefirstporttheyputinto,hewouldbedelivereduptotheEnglishauthorities.Ayrtonremainedmute.

           "The‘Duncan’continuedhervoyagealongthethirty-seventhparallel.Inthemeanwhile,LadyGlenarvanundertooktovanquishtheresistanceoftheruffian.

           "Atlast,herinfluenceprevailed,andAyrton,inexchangeforwhathecouldtell,proposedthatLordGlenarvanshouldleavehimonsomeislandinthePacific,insteadofgivinghimuptotheEnglishauthorities.LordGlenarvan,resolvingtodoanythingtoobtaininformationaboutCaptainGrant,consented.

           "Ayrtonthenrelatedallhislife,anditwascertainthatheknewnothingfromthedayonwhichCaptainGranthadlandedhimontheAustraliancoast.

           "Nevertheless,LordGlenarvankeptthepromisewhichhehadgiven.The‘Duncan’continuedhervoyageandarrivedatTaborIsland.ItwastherethatAyrtonwastobelanded,anditwastherealsothat,byaveritablemiracle,theyfoundCaptainGrantandtwomen,exactlyonthethirty-seventhparallel.

           "Theconvict,then,wenttotaketheirplaceonthisdesertislet,andatthemomenthelefttheyachtthesewordswerepronouncedbyLordGlenarvan:—

           "‘Here,Ayrton,youwillbefarfromanyland,andwithoutanypossiblecommunicationwithyourfellow-creatures.