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The Plot Unveiled

           Hehadaprojectinhisheadofchangingthehorse’sleftshoe,foroneoffthehorsesthathaddiedinthenight.ThiswouldpreventtheconvictsfromtrackingMulrady,orfollowinghim,astheywerenotmounted.

           WhileWilsonwasarrangingthis,GlenarvangothisletterreadyforTomAustin,buthiswoundedarmtroubledhim,andheaskedPaganeltowriteitforhim.TheSAVANTwassoabsorbedinonefixedideathatheseemedhardlytoknowwhathewasabout.Inallthissuccessionofvexations,itmustbesaidthedocumentwasalwaysuppermostinPaganel’smind.Hewasalwaysworryinghimselfabouteachword,tryingtodiscoversomenewmeaning,andlosingthewronginterpretationofit,andgoingoverandoverhimselfinperplexities.

           HedidnothearGlenarvanwhenhefirstspoke,butontherequestbeingmadeasecondtime,hesaid:"Ah,verywell.I’mready."

           Whilehespokehewasmechanicallygettingpaperfromhisnote-book.Hetoreablankpageoff,andsatdownpencilinhandtowrite.

           Glenarvanbegantodictateasfollows:"OrdertoTomAustin,ChiefOfficer,togettoseawithoutdelay,andbringtheDuncanto"

           Paganelwasjustfinishingthelastword,whenhiseyechancedtofallontheAustralianandNewZealandGazettelyingontheground.Thepaperwassofoldedthatonlythelasttwosyllablesofthetitlewerevisible.Paganel’spencilstopped,andheseemedtobecomeobliviousofGlenarvanandtheletterentirely,tillhisfriendscalledout:"Come,Paganel!"

           "Ah!"saidthegeographer,withaloudexclamation

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