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But
what
was
it
to
be
?
To
shut
themselves
up
in
Granite
House
,
to
be
besieged
there
,
to
remain
there
for
weeks
,
for
months
even
,
since
they
had
an
abundance
of
provisions
?
So
far
good
!
But
after
that
?
The
pirates
would
not
the
less
be
masters
of
the
island
,
which
they
would
ravage
at
their
pleasure
,
and
in
time
,
they
would
end
by
having
their
revenge
on
the
prisoners
in
Granite
House
.
However
,
one
chance
yet
remained
;
it
was
that
Bob
Harvey
,
after
all
,
would
not
venture
his
ship
into
the
channel
,
and
that
he
would
keep
outside
the
islet
.
He
would
be
still
separated
from
the
coast
by
half
a
mile
,
and
at
that
distance
his
shot
could
not
be
very
destructive
.
"
Never
!
"
repeated
Pencroft
,
"
Bob
Harvey
will
never
,
if
he
is
a
good
seaman
,
enter
that
channel
!
He
knows
well
that
it
would
risk
the
brig
,
if
the
sea
got
up
ever
so
little
!
And
what
would
become
of
him
without
his
vessel
?
"
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In
the
meanwhile
the
brig
approached
the
islet
,
and
it
could
be
seen
that
she
was
endeavoring
to
make
the
lower
end
.
The
breeze
was
light
,
and
as
the
current
had
then
lost
much
of
its
force
,
Bob
Harvey
had
absolute
command
over
his
vessel
.
The
route
previously
followed
by
the
boats
had
allowed
her
to
reconnoiter
the
channel
,
and
she
boldly
entered
it
.
The
pirate
's
design
was
now
only
too
evident
;
he
wished
to
bring
her
broadside
to
bear
on
the
Chimneys
and
from
there
to
reply
with
shell
and
ball
to
the
shot
which
had
till
then
decimated
her
crew
.
Soon
the
"
Speedy
"
reached
the
point
of
the
islet
;
she
rounded
it
with
ease
;
the
mainsail
was
braced
up
,
and
the
brig
hugging
the
wind
,
stood
across
the
mouth
of
the
Mercy
.
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"
The
scoundrels
!
they
are
coming
!
"
said
Pencroft
.
At
that
moment
,
Cyrus
Harding
,
Ayrton
,
the
sailor
,
and
Herbert
,
were
rejoined
by
Neb
and
Gideon
Spilett
.
The
reporter
and
his
companion
had
judged
it
best
to
abandon
the
post
at
the
Mercy
,
from
which
they
could
do
nothing
against
the
ship
,
and
they
had
acted
wisely
.
It
was
better
that
the
colonists
should
be
together
at
the
moment
when
they
were
about
to
engage
in
a
decisive
action
.
Gideon
Spilett
and
Neb
had
arrived
by
dodging
behind
the
rocks
,
though
not
without
attracting
a
shower
of
bullets
,
which
had
not
,
however
,
reached
them
.