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Glenarvan
was
just
about
to
open
a
discussion
about
their
future
plan
of
action
,
profiting
by
this
rencontre
with
Ayrton
,
and
by
the
information
he
had
given
them
,
when
Major
McNabbs
,
addressing
the
sailor
said
,
"
You
were
quartermaster
,
you
say
,
on
the
Britannia
?
"
"
Yes
,
"
replied
Ayrton
,
without
the
least
hesitation
.
But
as
if
conscious
that
a
certain
feeling
of
mistrust
,
however
slight
,
had
prompted
the
inquiry
,
he
added
,
"
I
have
my
shipping
papers
with
me
;
I
saved
them
from
the
wreck
.
"
He
left
the
room
immediately
to
fetch
his
official
document
,
and
,
though
hardly
absent
a
minute
,
Paddy
O'Moore
managed
to
say
,
"
My
Lord
,
you
may
trust
Ayrton
;
I
vouch
for
his
being
an
honest
man
.
He
has
been
two
months
now
in
my
service
,
and
I
have
never
had
once
to
find
fault
with
him
.
I
knew
all
this
story
of
his
shipwreck
and
his
captivity
.
He
is
a
true
man
,
worthy
of
your
entire
confidence
.
"
Glenarvan
was
on
the
point
of
replying
that
he
had
never
doubted
his
good
faith
,
when
the
man
came
in
and
brought
his
engagement
written
out
in
due
form
.
It
was
a
paper
signed
by
the
shipowners
and
Captain
Grant
.
Mary
recognized
her
father
's
writing
at
once
.
It
was
to
certify
that
"
Tom
Ayrton
,
able-bodied
seaman
,
was
engaged
as
quartermaster
on
board
the
three-mast
vessel
,
the
Britannia
,
Glasgow
.
"
There
could
not
possibly
be
the
least
doubt
now
of
Ayrton
's
identity
,
for
it
would
have
been
difficult
to
account
for
his
possession
of
the
document
if
he
were
not
the
man
named
in
it
.
"
Now
then
,
"
said
Glenarvan
,
"
I
wish
to
ask
everyone
's
opinion
as
to
what
is
best
to
be
done
.
Your
advice
,
Ayrton
,
will
be
particularly
valuable
,
and
I
shall
be
much
obliged
if
you
would
let
us
have
it
.
"
After
a
few
minutes
'
thought
,
Ayrton
replied
--
"
I
thank
you
,
my
Lord
,
for
the
confidence
you
show
towards
me
,
and
I
hope
to
prove
worthy
of
it
.
I
have
some
knowledge
of
the
country
,
and
the
habits
of
the
natives
,
and
if
I
can
be
of
any
service
to
you
--
"
"
Most
certainly
you
can
,
"
interrupted
Glenarvan
.
"
I
think
with
you
,
"
resumed
Ayrton
,
"
that
the
captain
and
his
two
sailors
have
escaped
alive
from
the
wreck
,
but
since
they
have
not
found
their
way
to
the
English
settlement
,
nor
been
seen
any
where
,
I
have
no
doubt
that
their
fate
has
been
similar
to
my
own
,
and
that
they
are
prisoners
in
the
hands
of
some
of
the
native
tribes
.
"
