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But
what
was
he
to
do
there
?
How
prevent
the
devastations
with
which
the
convicts
threatened
the
plateau
?
Had
Neb
any
means
by
which
to
warn
his
master
?
And
,
besides
,
in
what
situation
were
the
inhabitants
of
the
corral
themselves
?
Cyrus
Harding
and
his
companions
had
left
on
the
11th
of
November
,
and
it
was
now
the
29th
.
It
was
,
therefore
,
nineteen
days
since
Neb
had
had
other
news
than
that
brought
by
Top
--
disastrous
news
:
Ayrton
disappeared
,
Herbert
severely
wounded
,
the
engineer
,
reporter
,
and
sailor
,
as
it
were
,
imprisoned
in
the
corral
!
What
was
he
to
do
?
asked
poor
Neb.
.
Personally
he
had
nothing
to
fear
,
for
the
convicts
could
not
reach
him
in
Granite
House
.
But
the
buildings
,
the
plantations
,
all
their
arrangements
at
the
mercy
of
the
pirates
!
Would
it
not
be
best
to
let
Cyrus
Harding
judge
of
what
he
ought
to
do
,
and
to
warn
him
,
at
least
,
of
the
danger
which
threatened
him
?
Neb
then
thought
of
employing
Jup
,
and
confiding
a
note
to
him
.
He
knew
the
orang
's
great
intelligence
,
which
had
been
often
put
to
the
proof
.
Jup
understood
the
word
corral
,
which
had
been
frequently
pronounced
before
him
,
and
it
may
be
remembered
,
too
,
that
he
had
often
driven
the
cart
thither
in
company
with
Pencroft
.
Day
had
not
yet
dawned
.
The
active
orang
would
know
how
to
pass
unperceived
through
the
woods
,
of
which
the
convicts
,
besides
,
would
think
he
was
a
native
.
Neb
did
not
hesitate
.
He
wrote
the
note
,
he
tied
it
to
Jup
's
neck
,
he
brought
the
ape
to
the
door
of
Granite
House
,
from
which
he
let
down
a
long
cord
to
the
ground
;
then
,
several
times
he
repeated
these
words
,
--
"
Jup
Jup
!
corral
,
corral
!
"
The
creature
understood
,
seized
the
cord
,
glided
rapidly
down
the
beach
,
and
disappeared
in
the
darkness
without
the
convicts
'
attention
having
been
in
the
least
excited
.
"
You
did
well
,
Neb
,
"
said
Harding
,
"
but
perhaps
in
not
warning
us
you
would
have
done
still
better
!
"
And
,
in
speaking
thus
,
Cyrus
Harding
thought
of
Herbert
,
whose
recovery
the
removal
had
so
seriously
checked
.
Neb
ended
his
account
.
The
convicts
had
not
appeared
at
all
on
the
beach
.
Not
knowing
the
number
of
the
island
's
inhabitants
,
they
might
suppose
that
Granite
House
was
defended
by
a
large
party
.
They
must
have
remembered
that
during
the
attack
by
the
brig
numerous
shot
had
been
fired
both
from
the
lower
and
upper
rocks
,
and
no
doubt
they
did
not
wish
to
expose
themselves
.
But
the
plateau
of
Prospect
Heights
was
open
to
them
,
and
not
covered
by
the
fire
of
Granite
House
.
They
gave
themselves
up
,
therefore
,
to
their
instinct
of
destruction
,
--
plundering
,
burning
,
devastating
everything
,
--
and
only
retiring
half
an
hour
before
the
arrival
of
the
colonists
,
whom
they
believed
still
confined
in
the
corral
.
