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           Robertkeptonrepeating,"Myfather!myfatheristhere!Iamsureofit,myLord!"

           Thespectatorsofthispainfulscenesawthatthecaptain’schildrenwerelaboringunderanhallucination.Buthowweretheytobeundeceived?

           Glenarvanmadeanattempt,however.HetookRobert’shand,andsaid,"Yousayyouheardyourfather’svoice,mydearboy?"

           "Yes,myLord;there,inthemiddleofthewaves.Hecriedout,‘Come!come!’"

           "Anddidyourecognizehisvoice?"

           "Yes,Irecognizeditimmediately.Yes,yes;Icansweartoit!Mysisterheardit,andrecognizeditaswell.Howcouldwebothbedeceived?MyLord,doletusgotomyfather’shelp.Aboat!aboat!"

           Glenarvansawitwasimpossibletoundeceivethepoorboy,buthetriedoncemorebysayingtothemanatthewheel:

           "Hawkins,youwereatthewheel,wereyounot,whenMissMarywassostrangelyattacked?"

           "Yes,yourHonor,"repliedHawkins.

           "Andyouheardnothing,andsawnothing?"

           "Nothing."

           "NowRobert,see?"

           "IfithadbeenHawkins’sfather,"returnedtheboy,withindomitableenergy,"Hawkinswouldnotsayhehadheardnothing.Itwasmyfather,mylord!myfather."

           Sobschokedhisvoice;hebecamepaleandsilent,andpresentlyfelldowninsensible,likehissister.

           Glenarvanhadhimcarriedtohisbed,wherehelayinadeepswoon.

           "Poororphans,"saidJohnMangles."Itisaterribletrialtheyhavetobear!"

           "Yes,"saidGlenarvan;"excessivegriefhasproducedthesamehallucinationinbothofthem,andatthesametime."