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Four Days of Anguish

           HeistosailforTwofoldBayatonce;andifhedoesnotfindusthere,ifwehavenotmanagedtocrosstheSnowy,lethimcomeontouswithoutdelay.Nowgo,mybravesailor,andGodbewithyou."

           Heshookhandswithhim,andbadehimgood-by;andsodidLadyHelenaandMaryGrant.Amoretimorousmanthanthesailorwouldhaveshrunkbackalittlefromsettingoutonsuchadark,rainingnightonanerrandsofullofdanger,acrossvastunknownwilds.Buthisfarewellswerecalmlyspoken,andhespeedilydisappeareddownapathwhichskirtedthewood.

           Atthesamemomentthegustsofwindredoubledtheirviolence.Thehighbranchesoftheeucalyptusclatteredtogethernoisily,andboughafterboughfellonthewetground.Morethanonegreattree,withnolivingsap,butstillstandinghitherto,fellwithacrashduringthisstorm.Thewindhowledamidthecrackingwood,andmingleditsmoanswiththeominousroaringoftherain.Theheavyclouds,drivingalongtowardtheeast,hungonthegroundlikeraysofvapor,anddeep,cheerlessgloomintensifiedthehorrorsofthenight.

           ThetravelerswentbackintothewagonimmediatelyMulradyhadgone.LadyHelena,MaryGrant,GlenarvanandPaganeloccupiedthefirstcompartment,whichhadbeenhermeticallyclosed.ThesecondwasoccupiedbyOlbinett,WilsonandRobert.TheMajorandJohnMangleswereondutyoutside.Thisprecautionwasnecessary,foranattackonthepartoftheconvictswouldbeeasyenough,andthereforeprobableenough.

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