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The Plot Unveiled

           McNabbs,slippingbetweenthetallshrubs,gotwithinreachofthesuspiciousshadowshehadnoticedabouthalfamileawayfromtheencampment.Thephosphorescentfurzeemittedafaintlight,bywhichhecoulddiscernthreemenexaminingmarksontheground,andoneofthethreewastheblacksmithofBlackPoint.

           "‘Itisthem!’saidoneofthemen.‘Yes,’repliedanother,‘thereisthetrefoilonthemarkofthehorseshoe.IthasbeenlikethatsincetheWimerra.’‘Allthehorsesaredead.’‘Thepoisonisnotfaroff.’‘Thereisenoughtokillaregimentofcavalry.’‘Ausefulplantthisgastrolobium.’

           "Iheardthemsaythistoeachother,andthentheywerequitesilent;butIdidnotknowenoughyet,soIfollowedthem.Soontheconversationbeganagain.‘Heisacleverfellow,thisBenJoyce,’saidtheblacksmith.‘Acapitalquartermaster,withhisinventionofshipwreck.’‘Ifhisprojectsucceeds,itwillbeastrokeoffortune.’‘Heisaverydevil,isthisAyrton.’‘CallhimBenJoyce,forhehaswellearnedhisname.’Andthenthescoundrelslefttheforest.

           "IhadalltheinformationIwantednow,andcamebacktothecampquiteconvinced,beggingPaganel’spardon,thatAustraliadoesnotreformcriminals."

           ThiswasalltheMajor’sstory,andhiscompanionssatsilentlythinkingoverit.

           "ThenAyrtonhasdraggedushere,"saidGlenarvan,palewithanger,"onpurposetorobandassassinateus."

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