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A Cry in the Night

           TheDuncanwasalwaysgettingnearer.

           Atnineo’clock,abrightglarebecamevisible,andflamesshotupthroughthedarkness.Thelightwassteadyandcontinued.

           "Thatconfirmsthesuppositionofavolcano,"saidPaganel,observingitattentively.

           "Yet,"repliedJohnMangles,"atthisdistanceweoughttohearthenoisewhichalwaysaccompaniesaneruption,andtheeastwindbringsnosoundwhatevertoourear."

           "That’strue,"saidPaganel."Itisavolcanothatblazes,butdoesnotspeak.Thegleamseemsintermittenttoo,sometimes,likethatofalighthouse."

           "Youareright,"saidJohnMangles,"andyetwearenotonalightedcoast."

           "Ah!"heexclaimed,"anotherfire?Ontheshorethistime!Look!Itmoves!Ithaschangeditsplace!"

           Johnwasnotmistaken.Afreshfirehadappeared,whichseemedtodieoutnowandthen,andsuddenlyflareupagain.

           "Istheislandinhabitedthen?"saidGlenarvan.

           "Bysavages,evidently,"repliedPaganel.

           "Butinthatcase,wecannotleavethequartermasterthere."

           "No,"repliedtheMajor,"hewouldbetoobadagifteventobestowonsavages."

           "Wemustfindsomeotheruninhabitedisland,"saidGlenarvan,whocouldnothelpsmilingatthedelicacyofMcNabbs."IpromisedAyrtonhislife,andImeantokeepmypromise."

           "Atallevents,don’tletustrustthem,"addedPaganel."TheNewZealandershavethebarbarouscustomofdeceivingshipsbymovinglights,likethewreckersontheCornishcoastinformertimes.

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