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"I stick to this any way, that I don't want to have to retrace our steps, supposing that Australia should disappoint our sanguine hopes." "It seems to me a good precaution," replied Glenarvan. "And I'm not the one to dissuade you from it," returned Paganel; "quite the contrary." "Steer straight for Tristan d'Acunha."
The shot made the whole assemblage fly away en masse, while Paganel watched them attentively through his spectacles. "Well, did you see them fly?" he asked the Major. "Certainly I did," was the reply. "I could not help seeing them, unless I had been blind." "Well and did you think they resembled feathered arrows when they were flying?" "Not in the least." "Not a bit," added Robert.
A boat was manned, and the Captain and his two children, Lord and Lady Glenarvan, the Major, John Mangles, and Paganel, landed on the shores of the island. A few hours sufficed to explore the whole domain of Harry Grant.
I am going to floor you completely, and never was an Englishman more thoroughly defeated than you will be. It will be the revenge for Cressy and Agincourt." "I wish nothing better. Take your revenge, Paganel." "Listen, then. In the text of the document, there is neither mention of the Indians nor of Patagonia! The incomplete word INDI does not mean INDIENS, but of course, INDIGENES, aborigines!
"Why does not your honor give orders for a raft to be constructed? We have plenty of wood." "No, Wilson," replied Glenarvan; "this Snowy is not a river, it is an impassable torrent." John Mangles, the Major, and Paganel just then came out of the wagon on purpose to examine the state of the river. They found it still so swollen by the heavy rain that the water was a foot above the level.
"If your father is in the hands of the natives, which seems probable from the document, we shall find him." "And what if he is lost in that immense country?" asked Mary. "Well, we'll find him still," exclaimed Paganel, in a confident tone. "Won't we, friends?" "Most certainly," replied Glenarvan; and anxious to give a less gloomy turn to the conversation, he added
Rivers were more numerous, and came rushing noisily down the slopes. Paganel consulted his maps, and when he found any of those streams not marked, which often happened, all the fire of a geographer burned in his veins, and he would exclaim, with a charming air of vexation: "A river which hasn't a name is like having no civil standing. It has no existence in the eye of geographical law."
"Just fancy," retorted Paganel, throwing back his head proudly. "Come now. If I name one fact you don't know, will you give me back my rifle?" said McNabbs. "On the spot, Major." "Very well, it's a bargain, then." "Yes, a bargain; that's settled." "All right. Well now, Paganel, do you know how it is that Australia does not belong to France?" "But it seems to me "
The courageous ladies did not shrink, if necessary, from walking the whole distance between the Snowy River and Twofold Bay. "You are a brave traveling companion, dear Helena," said Lord Glenarvan. "But are we sure of finding at the bay all we want when we get there?" "Without the least doubt," replied Paganel.
"Yes, yes," replied Paganel, in a voice almost inarticulate with emotion. "Yes, but this was something extraordinary." "What was it?" "I said we had made a mistake. We are making it still, and have been all along." "Explain yourself." "Glenarvan, Major, Robert, my friends," exclaimed Paganel, "all you that hear me, we are looking for Captain Grant where he is not to be found."
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