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           Heclimbedtheplateauattheriskofbeingperceivedandfiredat,triedtoextinguishthefirewhichwasconsumingthebuildingsofthepoultry-yard,andhadstruggled,thoughinvain,againstituntilthecartappearedattheedgeofthewood.

           Suchhadbeentheseseriousevents.ThepresenceoftheconvictsconstitutedapermanentsourceofdangertothesettlersinLincolnIsland,untilthensohappy,andwhomightnowexpectstillgreatermisfortunes.

           SpilettremainedinGraniteHousewithHerbertandPencroft,whileCyrusHarding,accompaniedbyNeb,proceededtojudgeforhimselfoftheextentofthedisaster.

           ItwasfortunatethattheconvictshadnotadvancedtothefootofGraniteHouse.TheworkshopattheChimneyswouldinthatcasenothaveescapeddestruction.Butafterall,thisevilwouldhavebeenmoreeasilyreparablethantheruinsaccumulatedontheplateauofProspectHeights.HardingandNebproceededtowardstheMercy,andascendeditsleftbankwithoutmeetingwithanytraceoftheconvicts;norontheothersideoftheriver,inthedepthsofthewood,couldtheyperceiveanysuspiciousindications.

           Besides,itmightbesupposedthatinallprobabilityeithertheconvictsknewofthereturnofthesettlerstoGraniteHouse,byhavingseenthempassontheroadfromthecorral,or,afterthedevastationoftheplateau,theyhadpenetratedintoJacamarWood,followingthecourseoftheMercy,andwerethusignorantoftheirreturn.

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