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Thus
had
Bob
Harvey
and
his
companions
done
.
Thus
had
Ayrton
formerly
wished
to
do
.
Bob
Harvey
had
seized
the
brig
"
Speedy
,
"
anchored
in
sight
of
Norfolk
Island
;
the
crew
had
been
massacred
;
and
for
a
year
this
ship
had
scoured
the
Pacific
,
under
the
command
of
Harvey
,
now
a
pirate
,
and
well
known
to
Ayrton
!
The
convicts
were
,
for
the
most
part
,
assembled
under
the
poop
;
but
a
few
,
stretched
on
the
deck
,
were
talking
loudly
.
The
conversation
still
continued
amid
shouts
and
libations
.
Ayrton
learned
that
chance
alone
had
brought
the
"
Speedy
"
in
sight
of
Lincoln
Island
;
Bob
Harvey
had
never
yet
set
foot
on
it
;
but
,
as
Cyrus
Harding
had
conjectured
,
finding
this
unknown
land
in
his
course
,
its
position
being
marked
on
no
chart
,
he
had
formed
the
project
of
visiting
it
,
and
,
if
he
found
it
suitable
,
of
making
it
the
brig
's
headquarters
.
As
to
the
black
flag
hoisted
at
the
"
Speedy
's
"
peak
,
and
the
gun
which
had
been
fired
,
in
imitation
of
men-of-war
when
they
lower
their
colors
,
it
was
pure
piratical
bravado
.
It
was
in
no
way
a
signal
,
and
no
communication
yet
existed
between
the
convicts
and
Lincoln
Island
.
The
settlers
'
domain
was
now
menaced
with
terrible
danger
.
Evidently
the
island
,
with
its
water
,
its
harbor
,
its
resources
of
all
kinds
so
increased
in
value
by
the
colonists
,
and
the
concealment
afforded
by
Granite
House
,
could
not
but
be
convenient
for
the
convicts
;
in
their
hands
it
would
become
an
excellent
place
of
refuge
,
and
,
being
unknown
,
it
would
assure
them
,
for
a
long
time
perhaps
,
impunity
and
security
.
Evidently
,
also
,
the
lives
of
the
settlers
would
not
be
respected
,
and
Bob
Harvey
and
his
accomplices
'
first
care
would
be
to
massacre
them
without
mercy
.
Harding
and
his
companions
had
,
therefore
,
not
even
the
choice
of
flying
and
hiding
themselves
in
the
island
,
since
the
convicts
intended
to
reside
there
,
and
since
,
in
the
event
of
the
"
Speedy
"
departing
on
an
expedition
,
it
was
probable
that
some
of
the
crew
would
remain
on
shore
,
so
as
to
settle
themselves
there
.
Therefore
,
it
would
be
necessary
to
fight
,
to
destroy
every
one
of
these
scoundrels
,
unworthy
of
pity
,
and
against
whom
any
means
would
be
right
.
So
thought
Ayrton
,
and
he
well
knew
that
Cyrus
Harding
would
be
of
his
way
of
thinking
.
But
was
resistance
and
,
in
the
last
place
,
victory
possible
?
That
would
depend
on
the
equipment
of
the
brig
,
and
the
number
of
men
which
she
carried
.
This
Ayrton
resolved
to
learn
at
any
cost
,
and
as
an
hour
after
his
arrival
the
vociferations
had
begun
to
die
away
,
and
as
a
large
number
of
the
convicts
were
already
buried
in
a
drunken
sleep
,
Ayrton
did
not
hesitate
to
venture
onto
the
"
Speedy
's
"
deck
,
which
the
extinguished
lanterns
now
left
in
total
darkness
.
He
hoisted
himself
onto
the
cutwater
,
and
by
the
bowsprit
arrived
at
the
forecastle
.
Then
,
gliding
among
the
convicts
stretched
here
and
there
,
he
made
the
round
of
the
ship
,
and
found
that
the
"
Speedy
"
carried
four
guns
,
which
would
throw
shot
of
from
eight
to
ten
pounds
in
weight
.
He
found
also
,
on
touching
them
that
these
guns
were
breech-loaders
.
They
were
therefore
,
of
modern
make
,
easily
used
,
and
of
terrible
effect
.
As
to
the
men
lying
on
the
deck
,
they
were
about
ten
in
number
,
but
it
was
to
be
supposed
that
more
were
sleeping
down
below
.
Besides
,
by
listening
to
them
,
Ayrton
had
understood
that
there
were
fifty
on
board
.
That
was
a
large
number
for
the
six
settlers
of
Lincoln
Island
to
contend
with
!
But
now
,
thanks
to
Ayrton
's
devotion
,
Cyrus
Harding
would
not
be
surprised
,
he
would
know
the
strength
of
his
adversaries
,
and
would
make
his
arrangements
accordingly
.
