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Chapter 34

           "Iwilltellyouthatatamoreconvenienttime,"heanswered,"meanwhilewemustnotforgettherespectduetothechief.Hewaitstoreceiveyou."

           IntheconversationthatimmediatelyfollowedbetweenusandTararo,thelattersaidthatthelightoftheGospelofJesusChristhadbeensenttotheisland,andthattoitwewereindebtedforourfreedom.Moreover,hetoldusthatwewereatlibertytodepartinourschoonerwheneverwepleased,andthatweshouldbesuppliedwithasmuchprovisionaswerequired.Heconcludedbyshakinghandswithuswarmly,andperformingtheceremonyofrubbingnoses.

           Thiswasindeedgoodnewstous,andwecouldhardlyfindwordstoexpressourgratitudetothechiefandtothemissionary.

           "AndwhatofAvatea?"inquiredJack.

           Themissionaryrepliedbypointingtoagroupofnatives,inthemidstofwhomthegirlstood.Besideherwasatall,strappingfellow,whosenoblemienandairofsuperioritybespokehimachiefofnoordinarykind."Thatyouthisherlover.Hecamethisverymorninginhiswar-canoetotreatwithTararoforAvatea.Heistobemarriedinafewdays,andafterwardsreturnstohisislandhomewithhisbride."

           "That’scapital!"saidJackashesteppeduptothesavageandgavehimaheartyshakeofthehand."Iwishyoujoy,mylad!Andyoutoo,Avatea!"

           AsJackspoke,Avatea’slovertookhimbythehandandledhimtothespotwhereTararoandthemissionarystood,surroundedbymostofthechiefmenofthetribe.

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