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Helpless and Hopeless

           ThewholesouthernslopeoftheAustralianAlpspoureditsliquidmassesintothissinglebed.

           AllhopeofsavingtheDuncanwasnowatanend.FivedayshadelapsedsincethedepartureofBenJoyce.Theyachtmustbeatthismomentatthecoast,andinthehandsoftheconvicts.

           However,itwasimpossiblethatthisstateofthingscouldlast.Thetemporaryinfluxwouldsoonbeexhausted,andtheviolencealso.Indeed,onthemorningofthe21st,Paganelannouncedthatthewaterwasalreadylower."Whatdoesitmatternow?"saidGlenarvan."Itistoolate!"

           "Thatisnoreasonforourstayinglongerhere,"saidtheMajor.

           "Certainlynot,"repliedJohnMangles."Perhapstomorrowtherivermaybepracticable."

           "Andwillthatsavemyunhappymen?"criedGlenarvan.

           "WillyourLordshiplistentome?"returnedJohnMangles."IknowTomAustin.Hewouldexecuteyourorders,andsetoutassoonasdeparturewaspossible.ButwhoknowswhethertheDuncanwasreadyandherinjuryrepairedonthearrivalofBenJoyce.Andsupposethe

           V.IVVerneyachtcouldnotgotosea;supposetherewasadelayofaday,ortwodays."

           "Youareright,John,"repliedGlenarvan."WemustgettoTwofoldBay;weareonlythirty-fivemilesfromDelegete."

           "Yes,"addedPaganel,"andthat’satownwhereweshallfindrapidmeansofconveyance.Whoknowswhetherweshan’tarriveintimetopreventacatastrophe."

           "Letusstart,"criedGlenarvan.

           JohnManglesandWilsoninstantlysettoworktoconstructacanoeoflargerdimensions.

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