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Ayrton’s Obstinacy

           Consequently,thehurrahswhichgreetedthereturnofLordGlenarvantotheyachtsoongaveplacetodejection.Insteadofthecloseintercoursewhichhadformerlyexistedamongthepassengers,andthelivelyconversationswhichhadcheeredthevoyage,eachonekeptapartfromtheothersinthesolitudeofhisowncabin,anditwasseldomthatanyoneappearedonthedeckoftheDuncan.

           Paganel,whogenerallysharedinanexaggeratedformthefeelingsofthoseabouthim,whetherpainfulorjoyousamanwhocouldhaveinventedhopeifnecessaryevenPaganelwasgloomyandtaciturn.Hewasseldomvisible;hisnaturalloquacityandFrenchvivacitygaveplacetosilenceanddejection.Heseemedevenmoredownheartedthanhiscompanions.IfGlenarvanspokeatallofrenewingthesearch,heshookhisheadlikeamanwhohasgivenupallhope,andwhoseconvictionsconcerningthefateoftheshipwreckedmenappearedsettled.Itwasquiteevidenthebelievedthemirrevocablylost.

           Andyettherewasamanonboardwhocouldhavespokenthedecisiveword,andrefusedtobreakhissilence.ThiswasAyrton.Therewasnodoubtthefellowknew,ifnotthepresentwhereaboutsofthecaptain,atleasttheplaceofshipwreck.ButitwasevidentthatwereGrantfound,hewouldbeawitnessagainsthim.Hencehispersistentsilence,whichgaverisetogreatindignationonboard,especiallyamongthecrew,whowouldhavelikedtodealsummarilywithhim.

           Glenarvanrepeatedlyrenewedhisattemptswiththequartermaster,butpromisesandthreatswerealikeuseless.

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