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Cape Town and M. Viot

           Manismadeforsocietyandnotforsolitude,andsolitudecanonlyengenderdespair.Itisaquestionoftime.Attheoutsetitisquitepossiblethatmaterialwantsandtheverynecessitiesofexistencemayengrossthepoorshipwreckedfellow,justsnatchedfromthewaves;butafterward,whenhefeelshimselfalone,farfromhisfellowmen,withoutanyhopeofseeingcountryandfriendsagain,whatmusthethink,whatmusthesuffer?Hislittleislandisallhisworld.Thewholehumanraceisshutupinhimself,andwhendeathcomes,whichutterlonelinesswillmaketerrible,hewillbelikethelastmanonthelastdayoftheworld.Believeme,MonsieurPaganel,suchamanisnottobeenvied."

           Paganelgavein,thoughregretfully,totheargumentsofLadyHelena,andstillkeptupadiscussionontheadvantagesanddisadvantagesofIsolation,tilltheverymomenttheDuncandroppedanchoraboutamileoffAmsterdamIsland.

           ThislonelygroupintheIndianOceanconsistsoftwodistinctislands,thirty-threemilesapart,andsituatedexactlyonthemeridianoftheIndianpeninsula.TothenorthisAmsterdamIsland,andtothesouthSt.Paul;buttheyhavebeenoftenconfoundedbygeographersandnavigators.

           AtthetimeoftheDuncan’Svisittotheisland,thepopulationconsistedofthreepeople,aFrenchmanandtwomulattoes,allthreeemployedbythemerchantproprietor.PaganelwasdelightedtoshakehandswithacountrymaninthepersonofgoodoldMonsieurViot.Hewasfaradvancedinyears,butdidthehonorsoftheplacewithmuchpoliteness.

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