Land! Land

           

           Meanwhile,thatconfidencewithwhichDickSand’sheartfilledinstinctively,wasgoingtobepartlyjustified.

           Thenextday,March27th,thecolumnofmercuryroseinthebarometricaltube.Theoscillationwasneithersuddennorconsiderableafewlinesonlybuttheprogressionseemedlikelytocontinue.Thetempestwasevidentlygoingtoenteritsdecreasingperiod,and,iftheseadidremainexcessivelyrough,theycouldtellthatthewindwasgoingdown,veeringslightlytothewest.

           DickSandcouldnotyetthinkofusinganysail.Thesmallestsailwouldbecarriedaway.However,hehopedthattwenty-fourhourswouldnotelapsebeforeitwouldbepossibleforhimtorigastorm-jib.

           Duringthenight,infact,thewindwentdownquitenoticeably,iftheycomparedittowhatithadbeentillthen,andtheshipwaslesstossedbythoseviolentrollingswhichhadthreatenedtobreakherinpieces.

           Thepassengersbegantoappearondeckagain.Theynolongerrantheriskofbeingcarriedawaybysomesurgefromthesea.

           Mrs.WeldonwasthefirsttoleavethehatchwaywhereDickSand,fromprudentmotives,hadobligedthemtoshutthemselvesupduringthewholedurationofthatlongtempest.Shecametotalkwiththenovice,whomatrulysuperhumanwillhadrenderedcapableofresistingsomuchfatigue.Thin,paleunderhissunburntcomplexion,hemightwellbeweakenedbythelossofthatsleepsonecessaryathisage.No,hisvaliantnatureresistedeverything.Perhapshewouldpaydearlysomedayforthatperiodoftrial.

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