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I met him next day on deck while West was going about fore and aft, and he called us both to him. “Mr. Jeorling,” he said, “it was with a terrible pang that I came to the resolution to bring our schooner back to the north!
On reaching the cavern I failed to find the half-breed, Was he severely wounded? Should we have to mourn the death of this man who was as faithful to us as to his “poor Pym”? “Let us search for him, Mr. Jeorling!” cried the boatswain. “We will go together,” said the captain. “Dirk Peters would never have forsaken us, and we will not forsake him.”
“Let us bear in mind, captain,” said I, “that the iceberg is not calculated to attract attention as the Halbrane would have done.” “Evidently, Mr. Jeorling; and the natives, if there were any, would have been collected on the beach to see the Halbrane already.” “We must not conclude, captain, because we do not see any natives ” “Certainly not, Mr.
“And you conclude from this?” “I conclude that they feel the approach of winter.” “Of winter?” “Undoubtedly.” “No, no, boatswain; the temperature is so high that the birds can’t want to get to less cold regions so prematurely.” “Oh! prematurely, Mr. Jeorling.” “Yes, boatswain; do we not know that navigators have always been able to frequent the Antarctic waters until the month of March?”
“It is correct, and according as we get nearer one must really be blind not to adopt it!” “And what idea have you got?” “That it is not land which lies before us, Mr. Jeorling!” “What is it you are saying?” “Look attentively, putting one finger before your eyes look there out a starboard.” I did as Hurliguerly directed.
“Because William Guy, who can only have had a small craft at his disposal, could not have got so far into these seas.” “I do not feel quite so sure of that. Nevertheless, Mr. Jeorling ” “What would there be so surprising in William Guy’s being carried to land somewhere by the action of the currents? He did not remain on board his boat for eight months, I suppose.
Jeorling, have you tried to discover my reason for changing my mind on the subject of your passage?” “I have tried, but I have not succeeded, captain. Perhaps, as I am not a compatriot of yours, you ” “It is precisely because you are an American that I decided in the end to offer you a passage on the Halbrane.” “Because I am an American?” “Also, because you come from Connecticut.”
Jeorling.” “And what obstacle?” “For instance, a continent stretching to the south and barring our way.” “A continent, Hurliguerly!” “I should not be at all surprised.” “And, in fact, there would be nothing surprising in it.” “As for the lands seen by Dirk Peters,” said the boatswain, “where the men of the Jane might have landed on one or another of them, I don’t believe in them.” “Why?”
Jeorling, our captain is a good one, although he is no talker. You only need to take him the right way! First he gives you the passage to Tristan d’Acunha that he refused you at first, and now he extends it to the pole.” “The pole is not the question, boatswain.” “Ah! it will be reached at last, some day.” “The thing has not yet been done.
Jeorling. Was it not he who led my unfortunate brother into that fatal enterprise?” “There is, indeed, reason to believe so from his narrative.” “And never to forget it! added the captain in a tone of agitation. “This man, Glass,” I resumed, “also knew Patterson, the mate of the Jane.” “He was a fine, brave, faithful fellow, Mr. Jeorling, and devoted, body and soul, to my brother.”
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