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Pencroft
and
Ayrton
,
although
they
knew
they
ran
the
risk
of
being
cut
off
,
had
not
left
their
post
,
both
that
they
did
not
wish
to
show
themselves
as
yet
to
their
assailants
,
and
expose
themselves
to
the
"
Speedy
's
"
guns
,
and
that
they
relied
on
Neb
and
Gideon
Spilett
,
watching
at
the
mouth
of
the
river
,
and
on
Cyrus
Harding
and
Herbert
,
in
ambush
among
the
rocks
at
the
Chimneys
.
Twenty
minutes
after
the
first
shots
were
fired
,
the
boat
was
less
than
two
cables-lengths
off
the
Mercy
.
As
the
tide
was
beginning
to
rise
with
its
accustomed
violence
,
caused
by
the
narrowness
of
the
straits
,
the
pirates
were
drawn
towards
the
river
,
and
it
was
only
by
dint
of
hard
rowing
that
they
were
able
to
keep
in
the
middle
of
the
channel
.
But
,
as
they
were
passing
within
good
range
of
the
mouth
of
the
Mercy
,
two
balls
saluted
them
,
and
two
more
of
their
number
were
laid
in
the
bottom
of
the
boat
.
Neb
and
Spilett
had
not
missed
their
aim
.
The
brig
immediately
sent
a
second
ball
on
the
post
betrayed
by
the
smoke
,
but
without
any
other
result
than
that
of
splintering
the
rock
.
The
boat
now
contained
only
three
able
men
.
Carried
on
by
the
current
,
it
shot
through
the
channel
with
the
rapidity
of
an
arrow
,
passed
before
Harding
and
Herbert
,
who
,
not
thinking
it
within
range
,
withheld
their
fire
,
then
,
rounding
the
northern
point
of
the
islet
with
the
two
remaining
oars
,
they
pulled
towards
the
brig.
Hitherto
the
settlers
had
nothing
to
complain
of
.
Their
adversaries
had
certainly
had
the
worst
of
it
.
The
latter
already
counted
four
men
seriously
wounded
if
not
dead
;
they
,
on
the
contrary
,
unwounded
,
had
not
missed
a
shot
.
If
the
pirates
continued
to
attack
them
in
this
way
,
if
they
renewed
their
attempt
to
land
by
means
of
a
boat
,
they
could
be
destroyed
one
by
one
.
It
was
now
seen
how
advantageous
the
engineer
's
arrangements
had
been
.
The
pirates
would
think
that
they
had
to
deal
with
numerous
and
well-armed
adversaries
,
whom
they
could
not
easily
get
the
better
of
.
Half
an
hour
passed
before
the
boat
,
having
to
pull
against
the
current
,
could
get
alongside
the
"
Speedy
.
"
Frightful
cries
were
heard
when
they
returned
on
board
with
the
wounded
,
and
two
or
three
guns
were
fired
with
no
results
.
But
now
about
a
dozen
other
convicts
,
maddened
with
rage
,
and
possibly
by
the
effect
of
the
evening
's
potations
,
threw
themselves
into
the
boat
.
A
second
boat
was
also
lowered
,
in
which
eight
men
took
their
places
,
and
while
the
first
pulled
straight
for
the
islet
,
to
dislodge
the
colonists
from
thence
the
second
maneuvered
so
as
to
force
the
entrance
of
the
Mercy
.
The
situation
was
evidently
becoming
very
dangerous
for
Pencroft
and
Ayrton
,
and
they
saw
that
they
must
regain
the
mainland
.
