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From Peril to Safety

           WhenhementionedCaptainGrant,Johnalwaysspokeoffurthersearch.HeassuredMarythatLordGlenarvanwouldre-embarkintheenterprise.Hepersistentlyreturnedtothefactthattheauthenticityofthedocumentwasindisputable,andthatthereforeHarryGrantwassomewheretobefound,andthattheywouldfindhim,iftheyhadtotryallovertheworld.Marydrankinhiswords,andsheandJohn,unitedbythesamethought,cherishedthesamehope.OftenLadyHelenajoinedintheconversation;butshedidnotparticipateintheirillusions,thoughsherefrainedfromchillingtheirenthusiasm.

           McNabbs,Robert,Wilson,andMulradykeptuptheirhuntingparties,withoutgoingfarfromtherest,andeachonefurnishedhisQUOTAofgame.

           Paganel,arrayedinhisflaxmat,kepthimselfaloof,inasilentandpensivemood.

           Andyet,itisonlyjusticetosay,inspiteofthegeneralrulethat,inthemidstoftrials,dangers,fatigues,andprivations,themostamiabledispositionsbecomeruffledandembittered,allourtravelerswereunited,devoted,readytodieforoneanother.

           Onthe25thofFebruary,theirprogresswasstoppedbyariverwhichansweredtotheWakarionPaganel’smap,andwaseasilyforded.Fortwodaysplainsoflowscrubsucceededeachotherwithoutinterruption.HalfthedistancefromLakeTaupotothecoasthadbeentraversedwithoutaccident,thoughnotwithoutfatigue.

           Thenthescenechangedtoimmenseandinterminableforests,whichremindedthemofAustralia,butherethekauritooktheplaceoftheeucalyptus.

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