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"
Oh
,
no
,
ma'am
.
I
could
not
abuse
the
sympathy
you
show
to
strangers
.
"
"
Strangers
,
dear
child
!
"
interrupted
Lady
Helena
;
"
you
and
your
brother
are
not
strangers
in
this
house
,
and
I
should
like
Lord
Glenarvan
to
be
able
on
his
arrival
to
tell
the
children
of
Captain
Grant
himself
,
what
is
going
to
be
done
to
rescue
their
father
.
"
It
was
impossible
to
refuse
an
invitation
given
with
such
heart
,
and
Miss
Grant
and
her
brother
consented
to
stay
till
Lord
Glenarvan
returned
.
Lady
Helena
thought
it
best
to
say
nothing
to
the
children
about
the
fears
Lord
Glenarvan
had
expressed
in
his
letters
respecting
the
decisions
of
the
Lords
of
the
Admiralty
with
regard
to
the
document
.
Nor
did
she
mention
the
probable
captivity
of
Captain
Grant
among
the
Indians
of
South
America
.
Why
sadden
the
poor
children
,
and
damp
their
newly
cherished
hopes
?
It
would
not
in
the
least
alter
the
actual
state
of
the
case
;
so
not
a
word
was
said
,
and
after
answering
all
Miss
Grant
's
questions
,
Lady
Helena
began
to
interrogate
in
her
turn
,
asking
her
about
her
past
life
and
her
present
circumstances
.
It
was
a
touching
,
simple
story
she
heard
in
reply
,
and
one
which
increased
her
sympathy
for
the
young
girl
.
Mary
and
Robert
were
the
captain
's
only
children
.
Harry
Grant
lost
his
wife
when
Robert
was
born
,
and
during
his
long
voyages
he
left
his
little
ones
in
charge
of
his
cousin
,
a
good
old
lady
.
Captain
Grant
was
a
fearless
sailor
.
He
not
only
thoroughly
understood
navigation
,
but
commerce
also
--
a
two-fold
qualification
eminently
useful
to
skippers
in
the
merchant
service
.
He
lived
in
Dundee
,
in
Perthshire
,
Scotland
.
His
father
,
a
minister
of
St.
Katrine
's
Church
,
had
given
him
a
thorough
education
,
as
he
believed
that
could
never
hurt
anybody
.
Harry
's
voyages
were
prosperous
from
the
first
,
and
a
few
years
after
Robert
was
born
,
he
found
himself
possessed
of
a
considerable
fortune
.
It
was
then
that
he
projected
the
grand
scheme
which
made
him
popular
in
Scotland
.
Like
Glenarvan
,
and
a
few
noble
families
in
the
Lowlands
,
he
had
no
heart
for
the
union
with
England
.
In
his
eyes
the
interests
of
his
country
were
not
identified
with
those
of
the
Anglo-Saxons
,
and
to
give
scope
for
personal
development
,
he
resolved
to
found
an
immense
Scotch
colony
on
one
of
the
ocean
continents
.
Possibly
he
might
have
thought
that
some
day
they
would
achieve
their
independence
,
as
the
United
States
did
--
an
example
doubtless
to
be
followed
eventually
by
Australia
and
India
.
But
whatever
might
be
his
secret
motives
,
such
was
his
dream
of
colonization
.
But
,
as
is
easily
understood
,
the
Government
opposed
his
plans
,
and
put
difficulties
enough
in
his
way
to
have
killed
an
ordinary
man
.
But
Harry
would
not
be
beaten
.
He
appealed
to
the
patriotism
of
his
countrymen
,
placed
his
fortune
at
the
service
of
the
cause
,
built
a
ship
,
and
manned
it
with
a
picked
crew
,
and
leaving
his
children
to
the
care
of
his
old
cousin
set
off
to
explore
the
great
islands
of
the
Pacific
.
This
was
in
1861
,
and
for
twelve
months
,
or
up
to
May
,
1862
,
letters
were
regularly
received
from
him
,
but
no
tidings
whatever
had
come
since
his
departure
from
Callao
,
in
June
,
and
the
name
of
the
Britannia
never
appeared
in
the
Shipping
List
.
Just
at
this
juncture
the
old
cousin
died
,
and
Harry
Grant
's
two
children
were
left
alone
in
the
world
.
