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A Startling Discovery

           "HeknowsverywelltherearenoconvictsintheprovinceofVictoria."

           "Ah,thatistrue,"returnedPaganel,tryingtogetoutofhisunluckyspeech."WhateverhadIgotinmyhead?Convicts!whoeverheardofconvictsbeinginAustralia?Besides,theywouldscarcelyhavedisembarkedbeforetheywouldturnintogood,honestmen.Theclimate,youknow,MissMary,theregenerativeclimate"

           HerethepoorSAVANTstuckfast,unabletogetfurther,likethewagoninthemud.LadyHelenalookedathiminsurprise,whichquitedeprivedhimofhisremainingsang-froid;butseeinghisembarrassment,shetookMaryawaytothesideofthetent,whereM.Olbinettwaslayingoutanelaboratebreakfast.

           "Ideservetobetransportedmyself,"saidPaganel,woefully.

           "Ithinkso,"saidGlenarvan.

           Andafterthisgravereply,whichcompletelyoverwhelmedtheworthygeographer,GlenarvanandJohnMangleswenttowardthewagon.

           TheyfoundAyrtonandthetwosailorsdoingtheirbesttogetitoutofthedeepruts,andthebullockandhorse,yokedtogether,werestrainingeverymuscle.WilsonandMulradywerepushingthewheels,andthequartermasterurgingontheteamwithvoiceandgoad;buttheheavyvehicledidnotstir,theclay,alreadydry,helditasfirmlyasifsealedbysomehydrauliccement.

           JohnMangleshadtheclaywateredtoloosenit,butitwasofnouse.Afterrenewedvigorousefforts,menandanimalsstopped.

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