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Certainly
,
it
would
have
been
safer
to
have
taken
a
different
road
than
that
which
led
straight
from
the
corral
to
Granite
House
,
but
the
cart
would
have
met
with
great
difficulties
in
moving
under
the
trees
.
It
was
necessary
,
therefore
,
to
follow
this
way
,
although
it
was
well
known
to
the
convicts
.
Cyrus
Harding
and
Gideon
Spilett
walked
one
on
each
side
of
the
cart
,
ready
to
answer
to
any
attack
.
However
,
it
was
not
probable
that
the
convicts
would
have
yet
left
the
plateau
of
Prospect
Heights
.
Neb
's
note
had
evidently
been
written
and
sent
as
soon
as
the
convicts
had
shown
themselves
there
.
Now
,
this
note
was
dated
six
o'clock
in
the
morning
,
and
the
active
orang
,
accustomed
to
come
frequently
to
the
corral
,
had
taken
scarcely
three
quarters
of
an
hour
to
cross
the
five
miles
which
separated
it
from
Granite
House
.
They
would
,
therefore
,
be
safe
at
that
time
,
and
if
there
was
any
occasion
for
firing
,
it
would
probably
not
be
until
they
were
in
the
neighborhood
of
Granite
House
.
However
,
the
colonists
kept
a
strict
watch
.
Top
and
Jup
,
the
latter
armed
with
his
club
,
sometimes
in
front
,
sometimes
beating
the
wood
at
the
sides
of
the
road
,
signalized
no
danger
.
The
cart
advanced
slowly
under
Pencroft
's
guidance
.
It
had
left
the
corral
at
half-past
seven
.
An
hour
after
,
four
out
of
the
five
miles
had
been
cleared
,
without
any
incident
having
occurred
.
The
road
was
as
deserted
as
all
that
part
of
the
Jacamar
Wood
which
lay
between
the
Mercy
and
the
lake
.
There
was
no
occasion
for
any
warning
.
The
wood
appeared
as
deserted
as
on
the
day
when
the
colonists
first
landed
on
the
island
.
They
approached
the
plateau
.
Another
mile
and
they
would
see
the
bridge
over
Creek
Glycerine
.
Cyrus
Harding
expected
to
find
it
in
its
place
;
supposing
that
the
convicts
would
have
crossed
it
,
and
that
,
after
having
passed
one
of
the
streams
which
enclosed
the
plateau
,
they
would
have
taken
the
precaution
to
lower
it
again
,
so
as
to
keep
open
a
retreat
.
At
length
an
opening
in
the
trees
allowed
the
sea-horizon
to
be
seen
.
But
the
cart
continued
its
progress
,
for
not
one
of
its
defenders
thought
of
abandoning
it
At
that
moment
Pencroft
stopped
the
onager
,
and
in
a
hoarse
voice
,
--
"
Oh
!
the
villains
!
"
he
exclaimed
.
And
he
pointed
to
a
thick
smoke
rising
from
the
mill
,
the
sheds
,
and
the
buildings
at
the
poultry-yard
.
