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After
the
heat
of
these
warm
summer
days
,
in
the
evening
when
their
work
was
finished
and
the
sea-breeze
began
to
blow
,
they
liked
to
sit
on
the
edge
of
Prospect
Heights
,
in
a
sort
of
veranda
,
covered
with
creepers
,
which
Neb
had
made
with
his
own
hands
.
There
they
talked
,
they
instructed
each
other
,
they
made
plans
,
and
the
rough
good-humor
of
the
sailor
always
amused
this
little
world
,
in
which
the
most
perfect
harmony
had
never
ceased
to
reign
.
They
often
spoke
of
their
country
,
of
their
dear
and
great
America
.
What
was
the
result
of
the
War
of
Secession
?
It
could
not
have
been
greatly
prolonged
.
Richmond
had
doubtless
soon
fallen
into
the
hands
of
General
Grant
.
The
taking
of
the
capital
of
the
Confederates
must
have
been
the
last
action
of
this
terrible
struggle
.
Now
the
North
had
triumphed
in
the
good
cause
,
how
welcome
would
have
been
a
newspaper
to
the
exiles
in
Lincoln
Island
!
For
eleven
months
all
communication
between
them
and
the
rest
of
their
fellow-creatures
had
been
interrupted
,
and
in
a
short
time
the
24th
of
March
would
arrive
,
the
anniversary
of
the
day
on
which
the
balloon
had
thrown
them
on
this
unknown
coast
They
were
then
mere
castaways
,
not
even
knowing
how
they
should
preserve
their
miserable
lives
from
the
fury
of
the
elements
!
And
now
,
thanks
to
the
knowledge
of
their
captain
,
and
their
own
intelligence
,
they
were
regular
colonists
,
furnished
with
arms
,
tools
,
and
instruments
;
they
had
been
able
to
turn
to
their
profit
the
animals
,
plants
,
and
minerals
of
the
island
,
that
is
to
say
,
the
three
kingdoms
of
Nature
.
Yes
;
they
often
talked
of
all
these
things
and
formed
still
more
plans
.
As
to
Cyrus
Harding
he
was
for
the
most
part
silent
,
and
listened
to
his
companions
more
often
than
he
spoke
to
them
.
Sometimes
he
smiled
at
Herbert
's
ideas
or
Pencroft
's
nonsense
,
but
always
and
everywhere
he
pondered
over
those
inexplicable
facts
,
that
strange
enigma
,
of
which
the
secret
still
escaped
him
!
The
weather
changed
during
the
first
week
of
March
.
There
had
been
a
full
moon
at
the
commencement
of
the
month
,
and
the
heat
was
excessive
.
The
atmosphere
was
felt
to
be
full
of
electricity
,
and
a
period
of
some
length
of
tempestuous
weather
was
to
be
feared
.
Indeed
,
on
the
2nd
,
peals
of
thunder
were
heard
,
the
wind
blew
from
the
east
,
and
hail
rattled
against
the
facade
of
Granite
House
like
volleys
of
grape-shot
.
The
door
and
windows
were
immediately
closed
,
or
everything
in
the
rooms
would
have
been
drenched
.
On
seeing
these
hailstones
,
some
of
which
were
the
size
of
a
pigeon
's
egg
,
Pencroft
's
first
thought
was
that
his
cornfield
was
in
serious
danger
.
He
directly
rushed
to
his
field
,
where
little
green
heads
were
already
appearing
,
and
by
means
of
a
great
cloth
,
he
managed
to
protect
his
crop
.
This
bad
weather
lasted
a
week
,
during
which
time
the
thunder
rolled
without
cessation
in
the
depths
of
the
sky
.
The
colonists
,
not
having
any
pressing
work
out
of
doors
,
profited
by
the
bad
weather
to
work
at
the
interior
of
Granite
House
,
the
arrangement
of
which
was
becoming
more
complete
from
day
to
day
.
The
engineer
made
a
turning-lathe
,
with
which
he
turned
several
articles
both
for
the
toilet
and
the
kitchen
,
particularly
buttons
,
the
want
of
which
was
greatly
felt
.
A
gunrack
had
been
made
for
the
firearms
,
which
were
kept
with
extreme
care
,
and
neither
tables
nor
cupboards
were
left
incomplete
.
