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How
it
was
shorn
of
its
ancient
splendor
!
Often
pillaged
by
the
natives
,
burned
in
1819
,
it
lay
in
desolation
and
ruins
,
its
walls
still
blackened
by
the
flames
,
scarcely
numbering
8,000
inhabitants
,
and
already
eclipsed
by
Talcahuano
.
The
grass
was
growing
in
the
streets
,
beneath
the
lazy
feet
of
the
citizens
,
and
all
trade
and
business
,
indeed
any
description
of
activity
,
was
impossible
.
The
notes
of
the
mandolin
resounded
from
every
balcony
,
and
languishing
songs
floated
on
the
breeze
.
Concepcion
,
the
ancient
city
of
brave
men
,
had
become
a
village
of
women
and
children
.
Lord
Glenarvan
felt
no
great
desire
to
inquire
into
the
causes
of
this
decay
,
though
Paganel
tried
to
draw
him
into
a
discussion
on
the
subject
.
He
would
not
delay
an
instant
,
but
went
straight
on
to
the
house
of
Mr.
Bentic
,
her
Majesty
's
Consul
,
who
received
them
very
courteously
,
and
,
on
learning
their
errand
,
undertook
to
make
inquiries
all
along
the
coast
.
But
to
the
question
whether
a
three-mast
vessel
,
called
the
Britannia
,
had
gone
ashore
either
on
the
Chilian
or
Araucanian
coast
,
he
gave
a
decided
negative
.
No
report
of
such
an
event
had
been
made
to
him
,
or
any
of
the
other
consuls
.
Glenarvan
,
however
,
would
not
allow
himself
to
be
disheartened
;
he
went
back
to
Talcahuano
,
and
spared
neither
pains
nor
expense
to
make
a
thorough
investigation
of
the
whole
seaboard
.
But
it
was
all
in
vain
.
The
most
minute
inquiries
were
fruitless
,
and
Lord
Glenarvan
returned
to
the
yacht
to
report
his
ill
success
.
Mary
Grant
and
her
brother
could
not
restrain
their
grief
.
Lady
Helena
did
her
best
to
comfort
them
by
loving
caresses
,
while
Jacques
Paganel
took
up
the
document
and
began
studying
it
again
.
He
had
been
poring
over
it
for
more
than
an
hour
when
Glenarvan
interrupted
him
and
said
:
"
Paganel
!
I
appeal
to
your
sagacity
.
Have
we
made
an
erroneous
interpretation
of
the
document
?
Is
there
anything
illogical
about
the
meaning
?
"
Paganel
was
silent
,
absorbed
in
reflection
.
"
Have
we
mistaken
the
place
where
the
catastrophe
occurred
?
"
continued
Glenarvan
.
"
Does
not
the
name
Patagonia
seem
apparent
even
to
the
least
clear-sighted
individual
?
"
Paganel
was
still
silent
.
"
Besides
,
"
said
Glenarvan
,
"
does
not
the
word
INDIEN
prove
we
are
right
?
"
"
Perfectly
so
,
"
replied
McNabbs
.
"
And
is
it
not
evident
,
then
,
that
at
the
moment
of
writing
the
words
,
the
shipwrecked
men
were
expecting
to
be
made
prisoners
by
the
Indians
?
"
