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The Return on Board

           Thegallopofahorseresoundedovertheplain,andthetallformofThalcaveemergedfromthedarkness.

           "Thalcave!Thalcave!"theyallcriedwithonevoice.

           "Amigos!"repliedthePatagonian,whohadbeenwaitingforthetravelershereinthesameplacewherethecurrenthadlandedhimself.

           AshespokeheliftedupRobertinhisarms,andhuggedhimtohisbreast,neverimaginingthatPaganelwashangingontohim.Ageneralandheartyhand-shakingfollowed,andeveryonerejoicedatseeingtheirfaithfulguideagain.ThenthePatagonianledthewayintotheHANGARofadesertedESTANCIA,wheretherewasagood,blazingfiretowarmthem,andasubstantialmealoffine,juicyslicesofvenisonsoonbroiling,ofwhichtheydidnotleaveacrumb.Whentheirmindshadcalmeddownalittle,andtheywereabletoreflectonthedangerstheyhadcomethroughfromflood,andfire,andalligators,theycouldscarcelybelievetheyhadescaped.

           Thalcave,inafewwords,gavePaganelanaccountofhimselfsincetheyparted,entirelyascribinghisdeliverancetohisintrepidhorse.ThenPaganeltriedtomakehimunderstandtheirnewinterpretationofthedocument,andtheconsequenthopestheywereindulging.WhethertheIndianactuallyunderstoodhisingenioushypothesiswasaquestion;buthesawthattheyweregladandconfident,andthatwasenoughforhim.

           Ascaneasilybeimagined,aftertheircompulsoryrestontheOMBU,thetravelerswereupbetimesandreadytostart.Ateighto’clocktheysetoff.

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