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Paganel’s Last Entanglement

           "Bah!"saidtheMajor.

           "ItisreallyasItellyou,"repliedPaganel.

           "Whatdoesitmatter,myworthyfriend?"

           "Doyouthinkso,Major?"

           "Onthecontrary,itonlymakesyoumoreuncommon.Itaddstoyourpersonalmerits.ItistheverythingtomakeyouthenonpareilhusbandthatArabelladreamsabout."

           AndtheMajorwithimperturbablegravityleftPaganelinastateoftheutmostdisquietude.

           AshortconversationensuedbetweenMcNabbsandMissArabella.Afortnightafterwards,themarriagewascelebratedingrandstyleinthechapelofMalcolmCastle.Paganellookedmagnificent,butcloselybuttonedup,andMissArabellawasarrayedinsplendor.

           Andthissecretofthegeographerwouldhavebeenforeverburiedinoblivion,iftheMajorhadnotmentionedittoGlenarvan,andhecouldnothideitfromLadyHelena,whogaveahinttoMrs.Mangles.Tomakealongstoryshort,itgotintheendtoM.Olbinett’sears,andsoonbecamenoisedabroad.

           JacquesPaganel,duringhisthreedays’captivityamongtheMaories,hadbeentattooedfromthefeettotheshoulders,andheboreonhischestaheraldickiwiwithoutspreadwings,whichwasbitingathisheart.

           ThiswastheonlyadventureofhisgrandvoyagethatPaganelcouldnevergetover,andhealwaysboreagrudgetoNewZealandonaccountofit.Itwasforthisreasontoo,that,notwithstandingsolicitationandregrets,heneverwouldreturntoFrance

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