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The Quartermaster of the “Britannia”

           Therepliesthemangavetothethousandquestionsthatassailedhimonallsideswereremarkablyintelligentandexact.Allthewhilehespake,Maryheldoneofhishandsinhers.Thissailorwasacompanionofherfather’s,oneofthecrewoftheBritannia.HehadlivedwithHarryGrant,crossedtheseaswithhimandsharedhisdangers.Marycouldnotkeephereyesoffhisface,roughandhomelythoughitwas,andsheweptforjoy.

           Uptothistimenoonehadeverthoughtofdoubtingeithertheveracityoridentityofthequartermaster;buttheMajor,andperhapsJohnMangles,nowbegantoaskthemselvesifthisAyrton’swordwastobeabsolutelybelieved.Therewassomethingsuspiciousaboutthisunexpectedmeeting.Certainlythemanhadmentionedfactsanddateswhichcorresponded,andtheminutenessofhisdetailswasmoststriking.Stillexactnessofdetailswasnopositiveproof.Indeed,ithasbeennoticedthatafalsehoodhassometimesgainedgroundbybeingexceedinglyparticularinminutiae.McNabbs,therefore,prudentlyrefrainedfromcommittinghimselfbyexpressinganyopinion.

           JohnMangles,however,wassoonconvincedwhenheheardAyrtonspeaktotheyounggirlaboutherfather.HeknewMaryandRobertquitewell.HehadseentheminGlasgowwhentheshipsailed.HerememberedthematthefarewellbreakfastgivenonboardtheBritanniatothecaptain’sfriends,atwhichSheriffMcintyrewaspresent.Robert,thenaboyoftenyearsold,hadbeengivenintohischarge,andheranawayandtriedtoclimbtherigging.

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