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Three

days

passed

by

--

the

4th

,

5th

,

and

6th

of

January

.

The

construction

of

the

vessel

was

diligently

continued

,

and

without

offering

further

explanations

the

engineer

pushed

forward

the

work

with

all

his

energy

.

Mount

Franklin

was

now

hooded

by

a

somber

cloud

of

sinister

aspect

,

and

,

amid

the

flames

,

vomiting

forth

incandescent

rocks

,

some

of

which

fell

back

into

the

crater

itself

.

This

caused

Pencroft

,

who

would

only

look

at

the

matter

in

the

light

of

a

joke

,

to

exclaim

,

--

"

Ah

!

the

giant

is

playing

at

cup

and

ball

;

he

is

a

conjurer

.

"

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In

fact

,

the

substances

thrown

up

fell

back

again

in

to

the

abyss

,

and

it

did

not

seem

that

the

lava

,

though

swollen

by

the

internal

pressure

,

had

yet

risen

to

the

orifice

of

the

crater

.

At

any

rate

,

the

opening

on

the

northeast

,

which

was

partly

visible

,

poured

out

no

torrent

upon

the

northern

slope

of

the

mountain

.

Nevertheless

,

however

pressing

was

the

construction

of

the

vessel

,

other

duties

demanded

the

presence

of

the

colonists

on

various

portions

of

the

island

.

Before

everything

it

was

necessary

to

go

to

the

corral

,

where

the

flocks

of

musmons

and

goats

were

enclosed

,

and

replenish

the

provision

of

forage

for

those

animals

.

It

was

accordingly

arranged

that

Ayrton

should

proceed

thither

the

next

day

,

the

7th

of

January

;

and

as

he

was

sufficient

for

the

task

,

to

which

he

was

accustomed

,

Pencroft

and

the

rest

were

somewhat

surprised

on

hearing

the

engineer

say

to

Ayrton

--

"

As

you

are

going

to-morrow

to

the

corral

I

will

accompany

you

.

"

"

But

,

Captain

Harding

,

"

exclaimed

the

sailor

,

"

our

working

days

will

not

be

many

,

and

if

you

go

also

we

shall

be

two

pair

of

hands

short

!

"

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"

We

shall

return

to-morrow

,

"

replied

Cyrus

Harding

,

"

but

it

is

necessary

that

I

should

go

to

the

corral

.

I

must

learn

how

the

eruption

is

progressing

.

"

"

The

eruption

!

always

the

eruption

!

"

answered

Pencroft

,

with

an

air

of

discontent

.

"

An

important

thing

,

truly

,

this

eruption

!

I

trouble

myself

very

little

about

it

.

"

Whatever

might

be

the

sailor

's

opinion

,

the

expedition

projected

by

the

engineer

was

settled

for

the

next

day

.

Herbert

wished

to

accompany

Cyrus

Harding

,

but

he

would

not

vex

Pencroft

by

his

absence

.

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