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The Return on Board

           Butwhenthelongmurmurofthedistantoceanfellontheirears,theexhaustedmenforgottheirfatigue,andranupthesandhillswithsurprisingagility.Butitwasgettingquitedarkalready,andtheireagergazecoulddiscovernotracesoftheDuncanonthegloomyexpanseofwaterthatmettheirsight.

           "Butsheisthere,forallthat,"exclaimedGlenarvan,"waitingforus,andrunningalongside."

           "Weshallseeherto-morrow,"repliedMcNabbs.

           TomAustinhailedtheinvisibleyacht,buttherewasnoresponse.Thewindwasveryhighandthesearough.Thecloudswerescuddingalongfromthewest,andthesprayofthewavesdashedupeventothesand-hills.Itwaslittlewonder,then,ifthemanonthelook-outcouldneitherhearnormakehimselfheard,supposingtheDuncanwerethere.Therewasnoshelteronthecoastforher,neitherbaynorcove,norport;notsomuchasacreek.Theshorewascomposedofsand-bankswhichranoutintothesea,andweremoredangeroustoapproachthanrockyshoals.Thesand-banksirritatethewaves,andmaketheseasoparticularlyrough,thatinheavyweathervesselsthatrunagroundthereareinvariablydashedtopieces.

           Though,then,theDuncanwouldkeepfarawayfromsuchacoast,JohnManglesisaprudentcaptaintogetnear.TomAustin,however,wasoftheopinionthatshewouldbeabletokeepfivemilesout.

           TheMajoradvisedhisimpatientrelativetorestrainhimselftocircumstances.

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