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It
was
half-past
six
in
the
morning
.
Soon
the
fog
began
to
clear
away
,
and
the
topmasts
of
the
brig
issued
from
the
vapor
.
For
some
minutes
great
masses
rolled
over
the
surface
of
the
sea
,
then
a
breeze
sprang
up
,
which
rapidly
dispelled
the
mist
.
The
"
Speedy
"
now
appeared
in
full
view
,
with
a
spring
on
her
cable
,
her
head
to
the
north
,
presenting
her
larboard
side
to
the
island
.
Just
as
Harding
had
calculated
,
she
was
not
more
than
a
mile
and
a
quarter
from
the
coast
.
The
sinister
black
flag
floated
from
the
peak
.
The
engineer
,
with
his
telescope
,
could
see
that
the
four
guns
on
board
were
pointed
at
the
island
.
They
were
evidently
ready
to
fire
at
a
moment
's
notice
.
In
the
meanwhile
the
"
Speedy
"
remained
silent
.
About
thirty
pirates
could
be
seen
moving
on
the
deck
.
A
few
more
on
the
poop
;
two
others
posted
in
the
shrouds
,
and
armed
with
spyglasses
,
were
attentively
surveying
the
island
.
Certainly
,
Bob
Harvey
and
his
crew
would
not
be
able
easily
to
give
an
account
of
what
had
happened
during
the
night
on
board
the
brig.
Had
this
half-naked
man
,
who
had
forced
the
door
of
the
powder-magazine
,
and
with
whom
they
had
struggled
,
who
had
six
times
discharged
his
revolver
at
them
,
who
had
killed
one
and
wounded
two
others
,
escaped
their
shot
?
Had
he
been
able
to
swim
to
shore
?
Whence
did
he
come
?
What
had
been
his
object
?
Had
his
design
really
been
to
blow
up
the
brig
,
as
Bob
Harvey
had
thought
?
All
this
must
be
confused
enough
to
the
convicts
'
minds
.
But
what
they
could
no
longer
doubt
was
that
the
unknown
island
before
which
the
"
Speedy
"
had
cast
anchor
was
inhabited
,
and
that
there
was
,
perhaps
,
a
numerous
colony
ready
to
defend
it
.
And
yet
no
one
was
to
be
seen
,
neither
on
the
shore
,
nor
on
the
heights
.
The
beach
appeared
to
be
absolutely
deserted
.
At
any
rate
,
there
was
no
trace
of
dwellings
.
Had
the
inhabitants
fled
into
the
interior
?
Thus
probably
the
pirate
captain
reasoned
,
and
doubtless
,
like
a
prudent
man
,
he
wished
to
reconnoiter
the
locality
before
he
allowed
his
men
to
venture
there
.
During
an
hour
and
a
half
,
no
indication
of
attack
or
landing
could
be
observed
on
board
the
brig.
Evidently
Bob
Harvey
was
hesitating
.
Even
with
his
strongest
telescopes
he
could
not
have
perceived
one
of
the
settlers
crouched
among
the
rocks
.
It
was
not
even
probable
that
his
attention
had
been
awakened
by
the
screen
of
green
branches
and
creepers
hiding
the
windows
of
Granite
House
,
and
showing
rather
conspicuously
on
the
bare
rock
.
Indeed
,
how
could
he
imagine
that
a
dwelling
was
hollowed
out
,
at
that
height
,
in
the
solid
granite
?
From
Claw
Cape
to
the
Mandible
Capes
,
in
all
the
extent
of
Union
Bay
,
there
was
nothing
to
lead
him
to
suppose
that
the
island
was
or
could
be
inhabited
.
At
eight
o'clock
,
however
,
the
colonists
observed
a
movement
on
board
the
"
Speedy
.
"
A
boat
was
lowered
,
and
seven
men
jumped
into
her
.
They
were
armed
with
muskets
;
one
took
the
yoke-lines
,
four
others
the
oars
,
and
the
two
others
,
kneeling
in
the
bows
,
ready
to
fire
,
reconnoitered
the
island
.
Their
object
was
no
doubt
to
make
an
examination
but
not
to
land
,
for
in
the
latter
case
they
would
have
come
in
larger
numbers
.
The
pirates
from
their
look-out
could
have
seen
that
the
coast
was
sheltered
by
an
islet
,
separated
from
it
by
a
channel
half
a
mile
in
width
.
