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The Plot Unveiled

           "Fornothingelse,"repliedtheMajor;"andeversincewelefttheWimerra,hisganghasbeenonourtrackandspyingonus,waitingforafavorableopportunity."

           "Yes."

           "ThenthewretchwasneveroneofthesailorsontheBritannia;hehadstolenthenameofAyrtonandtheshippingpapers."

           TheywerealllookingatMcNabbsforananswer,forhemusthaveputthequestiontohimselfalready.

           "Thereisnogreatcertaintyaboutthematter,"hereplied,inhisusualcalmvoice;"butinmyopiniontheman’snameisreallyAyrton.BenJoyceishisnomdeguerre.ItisanincontestiblefactthatheknewHarryGrant,andalsothathewasquartermasterontheBritannia.ThesefactswereprovedbytheminutedetailsgivenusbyAyrton,andarecorroboratedbytheconversationbetweentheconvicts,whichIrepeatedtoyou.Weneednotloseourselvesinvainconjectures,butconsideritascertainthatBenJoyceisAyrton,andthatAyrtonisBenJoyce;thatistosay,oneofthecrewoftheBritanniahasturnedleaderoftheconvictgang."

           TheexplanationsofMcNabbswereacceptedwithoutdiscussion.

           "Now,then,"saidGlenarvan,"willyoutellushowandwhyHarryGrant’squartermastercomestobeinAustralia?"

           "How,Idon’tknow,"repliedMcNabbs;"andthepolicedeclaretheyareasignorantonthesubjectasmyself.Why,itisimpossibletosay;thatisamysterywhichthefuturemayexplain."

           "ThepolicearenotevenawareofAyrton’sidentitywithBenJoyce,"saidJohnMangles.

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