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Paganel’s Last Entanglement

           HarryGranthadthetableplacedbeneaththegrandtrees,andalltheguestsseatedthemselves.Ahindquarterofagoat,nardoubread,severalbowlsofmilk,twoorthreerootsofwildendive,andpurefreshwater,composedthesimplerepast,worthyoftheshepherdsofArcadia.

           Paganelwasenchanted.HisoldfanciesaboutRobinsonCrusoerevivedinfullforce."Heisnotatalltobepitied,thatscoundrel,Ayrton!"heexclaimed,enthusiastically."Thislittleisleisjustaparadise!"

           "Yes,"repliedHarryGrant,"aparadisetothesepoor,shipwreckedfellowsthatHeavenhadpityon,butIamsorrythatMariaTheresawasnotanextensiveandfertileisland,withariverinsteadofastream,andaportinsteadofatinybayexposedtotheopensea."

           "Andwhy,captain?"askedGlenarvan.

           "BecauseIshouldhavemadeitthefoundationofthecolonywithwhichImeantodowerScotland."

           "Ah,CaptainGrant,youhavenotgivenuptheproject,then,whichmadeyousopopularinouroldcountry?"

           "No,myLord,andGodhasonlysavedmethroughyoureffortsthatImightaccomplishmytask.MypoorbrothersinoldCaledonia,allwhoareneedymusthavearefugeprovidedfortheminanotherlandagainsttheirmisery,andmydearcountrymusthaveacolonyofherown,forherselfalone,somewhereintheseseas,whereshemayfindthatindependenceandcomfortshesolacksinEurope."

           "Ah,thatisverytrue,CaptainGrant,"saidLadyHelena."Thisisagrandprojectofyours,andworthyofanobleheart.

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