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Four Days of Anguish

           McNabbscontinued:"‘Nowyoufellows,’addedBenJoyce,‘catchthehorse.IntwodaysIshallbeonboardtheDuncan,andinsixIshallreachTwofoldBay.Thisistobetherendezvous.MyLordandhispartywillbestillstuckinthemarshesoftheSnowyRiver.CrosstheriveratthebridgeofKemplePier,proceedtothecoast,andwaitforme.Iwilleasilymanagetogetyouonboard.OnceatseainacraftliketheDuncan,weshallbemastersoftheIndianOcean.’‘HurrahforBenJoyce!’criedtheconvicts.Mulrady’shorsewasbrought,andBenJoycedisappeared,gallopingontheLucknowRoad,whilethebandtooktheroadsoutheastoftheSnowyRiver.Mulrady,thoughseverelywounded,hadthestrengthtodraghimselftowithinthreehundredpacesfromthecamp,whencewefoundhimalmostdead.There,"saidMcNabbs,"isthehistoryofMulrady;andnowyoucanunderstandwhythebravefellowwassodeterminedtospeak."

           ThisrevelationterrifiedGlenarvanandtherestoftheparty.

           "Pirates!pirates!"criedGlenarvan."Mycrewmassacred!myDuncaninthehandsofthesebandits!"

           "Yes,forBenJoycewillsurprisetheship,"saidtheMajor,"andthen"

           "Well,wemustgettothecoastfirst,"saidPaganel.

           "ButhowarewetocrosstheSnowyRiver?"saidWilson.

           "Astheywill,"repliedGlenarvan."TheyaretocrossatKemplePierBridge,andsowillwe."

           "ButaboutMulrady?"askedLadyHelena.

           "Wewillcarryhim;wewillhaverelays

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