So,then,allwasexplainedbythesubmarineexplosionofthistorpedo.CyrusHardingcouldnotbemistaken,as,duringthewaroftheUnion,hehadhadoccasiontotrytheseterribleenginesofdestruction.Itwasundertheactionofthiscylinder,chargedwithsomeexplosivesubstance,nitro-glycerine,picrate,orsomeothermaterialofthesamenature,thatthewaterofthechannelhadbeenraisedlikeadome,thebottomofthebrigcrushedin,andshehadsunkinstantly,thedamagedonetoherhullbeingsoconsiderablethatitwasimpossibletorefloather.The"Speedy"hadnotbeenabletowithstandatorpedothatwouldhavedestroyedanironcladaseasilyasafishing-boat!

           Yes!allwasexplained,everythingexceptthepresenceofthetorpedointhewatersofthechannel!

           "Myfriends,then,"saidCyrusHarding,"wecannolongerbeindoubtastothepresenceofamysteriousbeing,acastawaylikeus,perhaps,abandonedonourisland,andIsaythisinorderthatAyrtonmaybeacquaintedwithallthestrangeeventswhichhaveoccurredduringthesetwoyears.Whothisbeneficentstrangeris,whoseinterventionhas,sofortunatelyforus,beenmanifestedonmanyoccasions,Icannotimagine.Whathisobjectcanbeinactingthus,inconcealinghimselfafterrenderingussomanyservices,Icannotunderstand:Buthisservicesarenotthelessreal,andareofsuchanaturethatonlyamanpossessedofprodigiouspower,couldrenderthem.

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