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A Startling Discovery

           JohnManglesmadethisonelastobjection,thatthepresenceofAyrtonwasnecessarytodiscovertracesoftheBritanniaorHarryGrant.ButtheMajorjustlyobservedthattheexpeditionwouldremainonthebanksoftheSnowytillthereturnofAyrton,thattheyhadnoideaofresumingtheirsearchwithouthim,andthatconsequentlyhisabsencewouldnotintheleastprejudicetheCaptain’sinterests.

           "Well,go,Ayrton,"saidGlenarvan."Beasquickasyoucan,andcomebackbyEdentoourcamp."

           Agleamofsatisfactionshotacrossthequartermaster’sface.Heturnedawayhishead,butnotbeforeJohnManglescaughtthelookandinstinctivelyfelthisolddistrustofAyrtonrevive.

           Thequartermastermadeimmediatepreparationsfordeparture,assistedbythetwosailors,oneofwhomsawtothehorseandtheothertotheprovisions.Glenarvan,meantime,wrotehisletterforTomAustin.HeorderedhischiefofficertorepairwithoutdelaytoTwofoldBay.Heintroducedthequartermastertohimasamanworthyofallconfidence.Onarrivingatthecoast,Tomwastodispatchadetachmentofsailorsfromtheyachtunderhisorders.

           Glenarvanwasjustatthispartofhisletter,whenMcNabbs,whowasfollowinghimwithhiseyes,askedhiminasingulartone,howhewroteAyrton’sname.

           "Why,asitispronounced,ofcourse,"repliedGlenarvan.

           "Itisamistake,"repliedtheMajorquietly."HepronouncesitAYRTON,buthewritesitBenJoyce!"

           

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