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A Wager and How Decided

           "That’stosay,"repliedLadyHelena,"thatbetweenthe31stofMayandthe27thofJune"

           "CaptainGrantcouldhavecrossedthePacificandfoundhimselfintheIndianOcean."

           Paganel’stheorymetwithuniversalacceptance.

           "That’sonemorepointclearedup,"saidGlenarvan."Thankstoourfriend,allthatremainstobedonenowistogettoAustralia,andlookoutfortracesofthewreckonthewesterncoast."

           "Ortheeastern?"saidJohnMangles.

           "Indeed,John,youmayberight,forthereisnothinginthedocumenttoindicatewhichshorewasthesceneofthecatastrophe,andbothpointsofthecontinentcrossedbythe37thparallel,must,therefore,beexplored."

           "Then,myLord,itisdoubtful,afterall,"saidMary.

           "Ohno,MissMary,"JohnMangleshastenedtoreply,seeingtheyounggirl’sapprehension."HisLordshipwillpleasetoconsiderthatifCaptainGranthadgainedtheshoreontheeastofAustralia,hewouldalmostimmediatelyhavefoundrefugeandassistance.ThewholeofthatcoastisEnglish,wemightsay,peopledwithcolonists.ThecrewoftheBritanniacouldnothavegonetenmileswithoutmeetingafellow-countryman."

           "Iamquiteofyouropinion,CaptainJohn,"saidPaganel."OntheeasterncoastHarryGrantwouldnotonlyhavefoundanEnglishcolonyeasily,buthewouldcertainlyhavemetwithsomemeansoftransportbacktoEurope."

           "Andhewouldnothavefoundthesameresourcesonthesidewearemakingfor?"askedLadyHelena.

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