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           AstoAyrtonandPencroft,theyshovedoffintheboat,andpreparedtocrossthechannelandtotakeuptwoseparatestationsontheislet.Inthisway,shotsbeingfiredfromfourdifferentpointsatonce,theconvictswouldbeledtobelievethattheislandwasbothlargelypeopledandstronglydefended.

           Intheeventofalandingbeingeffectedwithouttheirhavingbeenabletopreventit,andalsoiftheysawthattheywereonthepointofbeingcutoffbythebrig’sboat,AyrtonandPencroftweretoreturnintheirboattotheshoreandproceedtowardsthethreatenedspot.

           Beforestartingtooccupytheirposts,thecolonistsforthelasttimewrungeachother’shands.

           PencroftsucceededincontrollinghimselfsufficientlytosuppresshisemotionwhenheembracedHerbert,hisboy!andthentheyseparated.

           InafewmomentsHardingandHerbertononeside,thereporterandNebontheother,haddisappearedbehindtherocks,andfiveminuteslaterAyrtonandPencroft,havingwithoutdifficultycrossedthechannel,disembarkedontheisletandconcealedthemselvesinthecleftsofitseasternshore.

           Noneofthemcouldhavebeenseen,fortheythemselvescouldscarcelydistinguishthebriginthefog.

           Itwashalf-pastsixinthemorning.

           Soonthefogbegantoclearaway,andthetopmastsofthebrigissuedfromthevapor.Forsomeminutesgreatmassesrolledoverthesurfaceofthesea,thenabreezesprangup,whichrapidlydispelledthemist.

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