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The
balloon
,
inflated
on
the
great
square
of
Richmond
,
was
ready
to
depart
on
the
first
abatement
of
the
wind
,
and
,
as
may
be
supposed
,
the
impatience
among
the
besieged
to
see
the
storm
moderate
was
very
great
.
The
18th
,
the
19th
of
March
passed
without
any
alteration
in
the
weather
.
There
was
even
great
difficulty
in
keeping
the
balloon
fastened
to
the
ground
,
as
the
squalls
dashed
it
furiously
about
.
The
night
of
the
19th
passed
,
but
the
next
morning
the
storm
blew
with
redoubled
force
.
The
departure
of
the
balloon
was
impossible
.
On
that
day
the
engineer
,
Cyrus
Harding
,
was
accosted
in
one
of
the
streets
of
Richmond
by
a
person
whom
he
did
not
in
the
least
know
.
This
was
a
sailor
named
Pencroft
,
a
man
of
about
thirty-five
or
forty
years
of
age
,
strongly
built
,
very
sunburnt
,
and
possessed
of
a
pair
of
bright
sparkling
eyes
and
a
remarkably
good
physiognomy
.
Pencroft
was
an
American
from
the
North
,
who
had
sailed
all
the
ocean
over
,
and
who
had
gone
through
every
possible
and
almost
impossible
adventure
that
a
being
with
two
feet
and
no
wings
would
encounter
.
It
is
needless
to
say
that
he
was
a
bold
,
dashing
fellow
,
ready
to
dare
anything
and
was
astonished
at
nothing
.
Pencroft
at
the
beginning
of
the
year
had
gone
to
Richmond
on
business
,
with
a
young
boy
of
fifteen
from
New
Jersey
,
son
of
a
former
captain
,
an
orphan
,
whom
he
loved
as
if
he
had
been
his
own
child
.
Not
having
been
able
to
leave
the
town
before
the
first
operations
of
the
siege
,
he
found
himself
shut
up
,
to
his
great
disgust
;
but
,
not
accustomed
to
succumb
to
difficulties
,
he
resolved
to
escape
by
some
means
or
other
.
He
knew
the
engineer-officer
by
reputation
;
he
knew
with
what
impatience
that
determined
man
chafed
under
his
restraint
.
On
this
day
he
did
not
,
therefore
,
hesitate
to
accost
him
,
saying
,
without
circumlocution
,
"
Have
you
had
enough
of
Richmond
,
captain
?
"
The
engineer
looked
fixedly
at
the
man
who
spoke
,
and
who
added
,
in
a
low
voice
,
--
"
Captain
Harding
,
will
you
try
to
escape
?
"
"
When
?
"
asked
the
engineer
quickly
,
and
it
was
evident
that
this
question
was
uttered
without
consideration
,
for
he
had
not
yet
examined
the
stranger
who
addressed
him
.
But
after
having
with
a
penetrating
eye
observed
the
open
face
of
the
sailor
,
he
was
convinced
that
he
had
before
him
an
honest
man
.
"
Who
are
you
?
"
he
asked
briefly
.
Pencroft
made
himself
known
.
