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A New Destination

           TheresultofourjourneyacrossAmericaisthis:Wehavereachedtheconviction,orratherabsolutecertainty,thattheshipwreckneveroccurredontheshoresoftheAtlanticnorPacific.Thenaturalinferenceisthat,asfarasregardsPatagonia,ourinterpretationofthedocumentwaserroneous.Mostfortunately,ourfriendPaganel,inahappymomentofinspiration,discoveredthemistake.Hehasprovedclearlythatwehavebeenonthewrongtrack,andsoexplainedthedocumentthatalldoubtwhateverisremovedfromourminds.However,asthedocumentisinFrench,IwillaskPaganeltogooveritforyourbenefit."

           Thelearnedgeographer,thuscalledupon,executedhistaskinthemostconvincingmanner,descantingonthesyllablesGONIEandINDI,andextractingAUSTRALIAoutofAUSTRAL.HepointedoutthatCaptainGrant,onleavingthecoastofPerutoreturntoEurope,mighthavebeencarriedawaywithhisdisabledshipbythesoutherncurrentsofthePacificrighttotheshoresofAustralia,andhishypothesesweresoingeniousandhisdeductionssosubtlethateventhematter-of-factJohnMangles,adifficultjudge,andmostunlikelytobeledawaybyanyflightsofimagination,wascompletelysatisfied.

           AttheconclusionofPaganel’sdissertation,GlenarvanannouncedthattheDuncanwouldsailimmediatelyforAustralia.

           Butbeforethedecisiveordersweregiven,McNabbsaskedforafewminutes’hearing.

           "Sayaway,McNabbs,"repliedGlenarvan.

           "IhavenointentionofweakeningtheargumentsofmyfriendPaganel,andstilllessofrefutingthem.

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