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A Discouraging Confession

           LaCONTINUellementenPRoieauneCRUELleINDIgence,ilsontjetecedocumentpardelon_gitudeET37degrees11’deLATItude.Venexaleursecours,ouilssontPERDUS!"(Onthe27thofJune,1865,thethree-mastvesselBritannia,ofGlasgow,hasfounderedafteralongAGOnieintheSouthernSeas,onthecoastofNewZealand.TwosailorsandCaptainGranthavesucceededinlanding.Continuallyapreytocruelindigence,theyhavethrownthisdocumentintotheseainlongitudeand37degrees11’latitude.Cometotheirhelp,ortheyarelost.)

           Paganelstopped.Hisinterpretationwasadmissible.Butpreciselybecauseitappearedaslikelyasthepreceding,itmightbeasfalse.GlenarvanandtheMajordidnotthentryanddiscussit.However,sincenotracesoftheBritanniahadyetbeenmetwith,eitheronthePatagonianorAustraliancoasts,atthepointswherethesecountriesarecrossedbythe37thparallel,thechanceswereinfavorofNewZealand.

           "Now,Paganel,"saidGlenarvan,"willyoutellmewhyyouhavekeptthisinterpretationsecretfornearlytwomonths?"

           "BecauseIdidnotwishtobuoyyouupagainwithvainhopes.Besides,weweregoingtoAuckland,totheveryspotindicatedbythelatitudeofthedocument."

           "Butsincethen,whenweweredraggedoutoftheroute,whydidyounotspeak?"

           "Because,howeverjusttheinterpretation,itcoulddonothingforthedeliveranceofthecaptain"

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