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A New Destination

           OnarrivingatCapePilareshehadfoundthewindsdeadagainsthim,andthereforemadeforthesouth,coastingalongtheDesolationIsle,andaftergoingasfarasthesixty-seventhdegreesouthernlatitude,haddoubledCapeHorn,passedbyTerradelFuegoandtheStraitsofLemaire,keepingclosetothePatagonianshore.AtCapeCorrientestheyencounteredtheterriblestormwhichhadhandledthetravelersacrossthepampassoroughly,buttheyachthadborneitbravely,andforthelastthreedayshadstoodrightouttosea,tillthewelcomesignal-gunoftheexpeditionwasheardannouncingthearrivaloftheanxiously-looked-forparty."Itwasonlyjustice,"thecaptainadded,"thatheshouldmentiontheintrepidbearingofLadyHelenaandMaryGrantthroughoutthewholehurricane.Theyhadnotshowntheleastfear,unlessfortheirfriends,whomightpossiblybeexposedtothefuryofthetempest."

           AfterJohnMangleshadfinishedhisnarrative,GlenarvanturnedtoMaryandsaid;"MydearMissMary,thecaptainhasbeendoinghomagetoyournoblequalities,andIamgladtothinkyouarenotunhappyonboardhisship."

           "HowcouldIbe?"repliedMarynaively,lookingatLadyHelena,andattheyoungcaptaintoo,likelyenough.

           "Oh,mysisterisveryfondofyou,Mr.John,andsoamI,"exclaimedRobert.

           "AndsoamIofyou,mydearboy,"returnedthecaptain,alittleabashedbyRobert’sinnocentavowal,whichhadkindledafaintblushonMary’scheek.

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