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And this secret of the geographer would have been forever buried in oblivion, if the Major had not mentioned it to Glenarvan, and he could not hide it from Lady Helena, who gave a hint to Mrs. Mangles. To make a long story short, it got in the end to M. Olbinett's ears, and soon became noised abroad.
John Mangles blushed like a child when his turn came, and his voice trembled as he spoke to Mary's father. Lady Helena gave Captain Grant a narrative of the voyage, and made him proud of his son and daughter. She told him of the young hero's exploits, and how the lad had already paid back part of the paternal debt to Lord Glenarvan.
I only know when I like to hear a person's voice. I have no accomplishments, you know," said Netty, with a little humble drawing-in of the shoulders. "Ah!" said Deulin, with a gesture which conveyed quite clearly his opinion that she had need of none. And he turned to greet Miss Mangles and her brother. Miss Mangles received him coldly.
"Ulrich is the name. And you are fond of violets?" "I love them." Deulin was making a silent, mental note of the harmless taste, when dinner was announced. "It was I who recommended Netty to investigate the Senatorska," said Mr. Mangles, when they were seated. But Netty did not wish to be made the subject of the conversation any longer.
John Mangles therefore hoped that the wretched hull would reach port without accident; but it grieved him that his companions should have to suffer so much discomfort from the defective arrangements of the brig.
"But, I say, Mangles, my dear fellow, are there no ports in the Cape Verde Islands that we might touch at?" "Oh, yes, nothing would be easier than putting you off at Villa Praya." "And then I should have one advantage, which is by no means inconsiderable I should find fellow-countrymen at Senegal, and that is not far away from those islands.
For he did not inform his sister that the invitation to which she attached so flattering a national importance owed its origin to an accidental encounter between himself and Lord Orlay a friend of his early senatorial days in Pall Mall the day before. Miss Mangles stood with the card in her hand and reflected. No woman and few men would need to be told, moreover, the subject of her thoughts.
Miss Mangles was standing behind him, and held in her hand an invitation-card notifying that Lady Orlay would be at home that same evening from nine o'clock till midnight. "This invitation," said the recipient, "accompanied as it is by a friendly note explaining that the shortness of the invitation lies in the fact that we only arrived the day before yesterday, seems to point to it, Joseph.
"Will you join us in our search, then?" asked Lady Helena. "It is impossible, madame. I must fulfill my mission. I shall disembark at the first place you touch at, wherever it may be." "That will be Madeira," said John Mangles. "Madeira be it then. I shall only be 180 leagues from Lisbon, and I shall wait there for some means of transport."
John Mangles happened to discover a natural breach about half a mile south. Part of the cliff had been partially beaten down, no doubt, by the sea in some equinoctial gale. Through this opening the whole party passed and reached the top of the cliff by a pretty steep path.
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