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           "Adocument!"criedGideonSpilett.

           "Withoutdoubt,andhereitis,"answeredRobertGrant,producingapaperwhichindicatedthelongitudeandlatitudeofLincolnIsland,"thepresentresidenceofAyrtonandfiveAmericancolonists."

           "ItisCaptainNemo!"criedCyrusHarding,afterhavingreadthenotice,andrecognizedthatthehandwritingwassimilartothatofthepaperfoundatthecorral.

           "Ah!"saidPencroft,"itwasthenhewhotookour‘Bonadventure’andhazardedhimselfalonetogotoTaborIsland!"

           "Inordertoleavethisnotice,"addedHerbert.

           "Iwasthenrightinsaying,"exclaimedthesailor,"thatevenafterhisdeaththecaptainwouldrenderusalastservice."

           "Myfriends,"saidCyrusHarding,inavoiceoftheprofoundestemotion,"maytheGodofmercyhavehadpityonthesoulofCaptainNemo,ourbenefactor."

           ThecolonistsuncoveredthemselvesattheselastwordsofCyrusHarding,andmurmuredthenameofCaptainNemo.

           ThenAyrton,approachingtheengineer,saidsimply,"Whereshouldthiscofferbedeposited?"

           ItwasthecofferwhichAyrtonhadsavedattheriskofhislife,attheveryinstantthattheislandhadbeenengulfed,andwhichhenowfaithfullyhandedtotheengineer.

           "Ayrton!Ayrton!"saidCyrusHarding,deeplytouched.Then,addressingRobertGrant,"Sir,"headded,"youleftbehindyouacriminal;youfindinhisplaceamanwhohasbecomehonestbypenitence,andwhosehandIamproudtoclaspinmine."