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It
would
be
impossible
to
convey
to
my
reader
,
by
description
,
an
adequate
conception
of
the
scene
that
followed
my
landing
on
the
beach
,
as
we
stood
embracing
each
other
indiscriminately
in
our
dripping
garments
,
and
giving
utterance
to
incoherent
rhapsodies
,
mingled
with
wild
shouts
.
It
can
be
more
easily
imagined
than
described
;
so
I
will
draw
a
curtain
over
this
part
of
my
history
,
and
carry
the
reader
forward
over
an
interval
of
three
days
.
During
the
greater
part
of
that
period
Peterkin
did
nothing
but
roast
pigs
,
taro
,
and
bread-fruit
,
and
ply
me
with
plantains
,
plums
,
potatoes
,
and
cocoa-nuts
,
while
I
related
to
him
and
Jack
the
terrible
and
wonderful
adventures
I
had
gone
through
since
we
last
met
.
After
I
had
finished
the
account
,
they
made
me
go
all
over
it
again
;
and
when
I
had
concluded
the
second
recital
I
had
to
go
over
it
again
,
while
they
commented
upon
it
piecemeal
.
They
were
much
affected
by
what
I
told
them
of
the
probable
fate
of
Avatea
,
and
Peterkin
could
by
no
means
brook
the
idea
of
the
poor
girl
being
converted
into
a
long
pig
!
As
for
Jack
,
he
clenched
his
teeth
,
and
shook
his
fist
towards
the
sea
,
saying
at
the
same
time
that
he
was
sorry
he
had
not
broken
Tararo
's
head
,
and
he
only
hoped
that
one
day
he
should
be
able
to
plant
his
knuckles
on
the
bridge
of
that
chief
's
nose
!
After
they
had
'
pumped
me
dry
,
'
as
Peterkin
said
,
I
begged
to
be
informed
of
what
had
happened
to
them
during
my
long
absence
,
and
particularly
as
to
how
they
got
out
of
the
Diamond
Cave
.
"
Well
,
you
must
know
,
"
began
Jack
,
"
after
you
had
dived
out
of
the
cave
,
on
the
day
you
were
taken
away
from
us
,
we
waited
very
patiently
for
half-an-hour
,
not
expecting
you
to
return
before
the
end
of
that
time
.
Then
we
began
to
upbraid
you
for
staying
so
long
when
you
knew
we
would
be
anxious
;
but
when
an
hour
passed
we
became
alarmed
,
and
I
resolved
at
all
hazards
to
dive
out
and
see
what
had
become
of
you
,
although
I
felt
for
poor
Peterkin
,
because
,
as
he
truly
said
,
'
If
you
never
come
back
,
I
'm
shut
up
here
for
life
.
'
However
,
I
promised
not
to
run
any
risk
,
and
he
let
me
go
--
which
,
to
say
truth
,
I
thought
very
courageous
of
him
!
"
"
I
should
just
think
it
was
,
"
interrupted
Peterkin
,
looking
at
Jack
over
the
edge
of
a
monstrous
potato
which
he
happened
to
be
devouring
at
the
time
.
"
Well
,
"
continued
Jack
,
"
you
may
guess
my
consternation
when
you
did
not
answer
to
my
halloo
.
At
first
I
imagined
that
the
pirates
must
have
killed
you
,
and
left
you
in
the
bush
or
thrown
you
into
the
sea
;
then
it
occurred
to
me
that
this
would
have
served
no
end
of
theirs
,
so
I
came
to
the
conclusion
that
they
must
have
carried
you
away
with
them
.
As
this
thought
struck
me
,
I
observed
the
pirate
schooner
standing
away
to
the
nor
'
ard
,
almost
hull
down
on
the
horizon
,
and
I
sat
down
on
the
rocks
to
watch
her
as
she
slowly
sank
from
my
sight
.
And
I
tell
you
,
Ralph
,
my
boy
,
that
I
shed
more
tears
that
time
at
losing
you
than
I
have
done
,
I
verily
believe
,
all
my
life
before
--
"
"
Pardon
me
,
Jack
,
for
interrupting
,
"
said
Peterkin
;
"
surely
you
must
be
mistaken
in
that
.
You
've
often
told
me
that
when
you
were
a
baby
you
used
to
howl
and
roar
from
morning
to
--
"
"
Hold
your
tongue
,
Peterkin
!
"
cried
Jack
.
--
"
Well
,
after
the
schooner
had
disappeared
,
I
dived
back
into
the
cave
,
much
to
Peterkin
's
relief
,
and
told
him
what
I
had
seen
.
We
sat
down
and
had
a
long
talk
over
this
matter
,
and
then
we
agreed
to
make
a
regular
,
systematic
search
through
the
woods
,
so
as
to
make
sure
at
least
that
you
had
not
been
killed
.
But
now
we
thought
of
the
difficulty
of
getting
out
of
the
cave
without
your
help
.
Peterkin
became
dreadfully
nervous
when
he
thought
of
this
;
and
I
must
confess
I
felt
some
alarm
,
for
,
of
course
,
I
could
not
hope
alone
to
take
him
out
so
quickly
as
we
two
together
had
brought
him
in
.
And
he
himself
vowed
that
if
we
had
been
a
moment
longer
with
him
that
time
,
he
would
have
had
to
take
a
breath
of
salt
water
.
However
,
there
was
no
help
for
it
,
and
I
endeavoured
to
calm
his
fears
as
well
as
I
could
;
'
for
,
'
said
I
,
'
you
ca
n't
live
here
,
Peterkin
,
'
to
which
he
replied
,
'
Of
course
not
,
Jack
;
I
can
only
die
here
,
and
as
that
's
not
at
all
desirable
,
you
had
better
propose
something
.
'
So
I
suggested
that
he
should
take
a
good
,
long
breath
,
and
trust
himself
to
me
.
