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Be
that
as
it
may
,
Harry
Grant
had
no
scruples
,
and
on
the
8th
of
April
,
1862
,
he
left
me
behind
on
the
west
coast
of
Australia
.
"
"
Of
Australia
!
"
said
the
Major
,
interrupting
Ayrton
in
his
narrative
.
"
Then
of
course
you
had
quitted
the
Britannia
before
she
touched
at
Callao
,
which
was
her
last
date
?
"
"
Yes
,
"
replied
the
quartermaster
,
"
for
the
Britannia
did
not
touch
there
while
I
was
on
board
.
And
how
I
came
to
speak
of
Callao
at
Paddy
O'Moore
's
farm
was
that
I
learned
the
circumstances
from
your
recital
.
"
"
Go
on
,
Ayrton
,
"
said
Glenarvan
.
"
I
found
myself
abandoned
on
a
nearly
desert
coast
,
but
only
forty
miles
from
the
penal
settlement
at
Perth
,
the
capital
of
Western
Australia
.
As
I
was
wandering
there
along
the
shore
,
I
met
a
band
of
convicts
who
had
just
escaped
,
and
I
joined
myself
to
them
.
You
will
dispense
,
my
Lord
,
with
any
account
of
my
life
for
two
years
and
a
half
.
This
much
,
however
,
I
must
tell
you
,
that
I
became
the
leader
of
the
gang
,
under
the
name
of
Ben
Joyce
.
In
September
,
1864
,
I
introduced
myself
at
the
Irish
farm
,
where
I
engaged
myself
as
a
servant
in
my
real
name
,
Ayrton
.
I
waited
there
till
I
should
get
some
chance
of
seizing
a
ship
.
This
was
my
one
idea
.
Two
months
afterward
the
Duncan
arrived
.
During
your
visit
to
the
farm
you
related
Captain
Grant
's
history
,
and
I
learned
then
facts
of
which
I
was
not
previously
aware
--
that
the
Britannia
had
touched
at
Callao
,
and
that
her
latest
news
was
dated
June
,
1862
,
two
months
after
my
disembarkation
,
and
also
about
the
document
and
the
loss
of
the
ship
somewhere
along
the
37th
parallel
;
and
,
lastly
,
the
strong
reasons
you
had
for
supposing
Harry
Grant
was
on
the
Australian
continent
.
Without
the
least
hesitation
I
determined
to
appropriate
the
Duncan
,
a
matchless
vessel
,
able
to
outdistance
the
swiftest
ships
in
the
British
Navy
.
But
serious
injuries
had
to
be
repaired
.
I
therefore
let
it
go
to
Melbourne
,
and
joined
myself
to
you
in
my
true
character
as
quartermaster
,
offering
to
guide
you
to
the
scene
of
the
shipwreck
,
fictitiously
placed
by
me
on
the
east
coast
of
Australia
.
It
was
in
this
way
,
followed
or
sometimes
preceded
by
my
gang
of
convicts
,
I
directed
your
expedition
toward
the
province
of
Victoria
.
My
men
committed
a
bootless
crime
at
Camden
Bridge
;
since
the
Duncan
,
if
brought
to
the
coast
,
could
not
escape
me
,
and
with
the
yacht
once
mine
,
I
was
master
of
the
ocean
.
I
led
you
in
this
way
unsuspectingly
as
far
as
the
Snowy
River
.
The
horses
and
bullocks
dropped
dead
one
by
one
,
poisoned
by
the
gastrolobium
.
I
dragged
the
wagon
into
the
marshes
,
where
it
got
half
buried
.
At
my
instance
--
but
you
know
the
rest
,
my
Lord
,
and
you
may
be
sure
that
but
for
the
blunder
of
Mr.
Paganel
,
I
should
now
command
the
Duncan
.
Such
is
my
history
,
gentlemen
.
My
disclosures
,
unfortunately
,
can
not
put
you
on
the
track
of
Harry
Grant
,
and
you
perceive
that
you
have
made
but
a
poor
bargain
by
coming
to
my
terms
.
"
The
quartermaster
said
no
more
,
but
crossed
his
arms
in
his
usual
fashion
and
waited
.
Glenarvan
and
his
friends
kept
silence
.
They
felt
that
this
strange
criminal
had
spoken
the
whole
truth
.
He
had
only
missed
his
coveted
prize
,
the
Duncan
,
through
a
cause
independent
of
his
will
.
His
accomplices
had
gone
to
Twofold
Bay
,
as
was
proved
by
the
convict
blouse
found
by
Glenarvan
.
Faithful
to
the
orders
of
their
chief
,
they
had
kept
watch
on
the
yacht
,
and
at
length
,
weary
of
waiting
,
had
returned
to
the
old
haunt
of
robbers
and
incendiaries
in
the
country
parts
of
New
South
Wales
.
The
Major
put
the
first
question
,
his
object
being
to
verify
the
dates
of
the
Britannia
.
"
You
are
sure
then
,
"
he
said
,
"
that
it
was
on
the
8th
of
April
you
were
left
on
the
west
coast
of
Australia
?
"
