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           NotevenwhentheDuncancrossedtheline,andtheheatwassogreatthattheseamsofthedeckweremelting."HeissoDISTRAITthathethinksheisatSt.Petersburg,"saidtheMajor,whenhesawthegeographerwrappedinanimmensegreat-coat,asifthemercuryhadbeenfrozeninthethermometer.

           Atlastonthe9thofMay,fifty-threedaysfromthetimeofleavingTalcahuano,JohnManglessightedthelightsofCapeClear.TheyachtenteredSt.George’sChannel,crossedtheIrishSea,andonthe10thofMayreachedtheFirthofClyde.At11o’clockshedroppedanchoroffDunbarton,andat2P.M.thepassengersarrivedatMalcolmCastleamidsttheenthusiasticcheeringoftheHighlanders.

           Asfatewouldhaveitthen,HarryGrantandhistwocompanionsweresaved.JohnManglesweddedMaryGrantintheoldcathedralofSt.Mungo,andMr.Paxton,thesameclergymanwhohadprayedninemonthsbeforeforthedeliveranceofthefather,nowblessedthemarriageofhisdaughterandhisdeliverer.RobertwastobecomeasailorlikeHarryGrantandJohnMangles,andtakepartwiththeminthecaptain’sgrandprojects,undertheauspicesofLordGlenarvan.

           ButfatealsodecreedthatPaganelwasnottodieabachelor?Probablyso.

           Thefactwas,thelearnedgeographerafterhisheroicexploits,couldnotescapecelebrity.HisblundersmadequiteaFUROREamongthefashionablesofScotland,andhewasoverwhelmedwithcourtesies.

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