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A Rough Captain

           FromTwofoldBaytoAucklandweshallnotseemuchofhim;afterAucklandweshallseehimnomore."

           LadyHelenaandMaryGrantweredelightedtohearthattheirdeparturewasarrangedforto-morrow.GlenarvanwarnedthemthattheMacquariewasinferiorincomforttotheDuncan.Butafterwhattheyhadgonethrough,theywereindifferenttotriflingannoyances.WilsonwastoldofftoarrangetheaccommodationonboardtheMacquarie.Underhisbusybrushandbroomthingssoonchangedtheiraspect.

           WillHalleyshruggedhisshoulders,andletthesailorhavehisway.Glenarvanandhispartygavehimnoconcern.Heneitherknew,norcaredtoknow,theirnames.Hisnewfreightrepresentedfiftypounds,andherateditfarbelowthetwohundredtonsofcuredhideswhichwerestowedawayinhishold.Skinsfirst,menafter.Hewasamerchant.Astohissailorqualification,hewassaidtobeskillfulenoughinnavigatingtheseseas,whosereefsmakethemverydangerous.

           Asthedaydrewtoaclose,Glenarvanhadadesiretogoagaintothepointonthecoastcutbythe37thparallel.Twomotivespromptedhim.Hewantedtoexamineoncemorethepresumedsceneofthewreck.AyrtonhadcertainlybeenquartermasterontheBritannia,andtheBRITANNIAmighthavebeenlostonthispartoftheAustraliancoast;ontheeastcoastifnotonthewest.Itwouldnotdotoleavewithoutthoroughinvestigation,alocalitywhichtheywerenevertorevisit.

           Andthen,failingtheBritannia,theDuncancertainlyhadfallenintothehandsoftheconvicts.

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