The Plot Unveiled

           THErevelationofTomAyrton’snamewaslikeaclapofthunder.Ayrtonhadstartedupquicklyandgraspedhisrevolver.Areportwasheard,andGlenarvanfellwoundedbyaball.Gunshotsresoundedatthesametimeoutside.

           JohnManglesandthesailors,aftertheirfirstsurprise,wouldhaveseizedBenJoyce;buttheboldconvicthadalreadydisappearedandrejoinedhisgangscatteredamongthegum-trees.

           Thetentwasnoshelteragainsttheballs.Itwasnecessarytobeataretreat.Glenarvanwasslightlywounded,butcouldstandup.

           "Tothewagontothewagon!"criedJohnMangles,draggingLadyHelenaandMaryGrantalong,whoweresooninsafetybehindthethickcurtains.

           JohnandtheMajor,andPaganelandthesailorsseizedtheircarbinesinreadinesstorepulsetheconvicts.GlenarvanandRobertwentinbesidetheladies,whileOlbinettrushedtothecommondefense.

           Theseeventsoccurredwiththerapidityoflightning.JohnMangleswatchedtheskirtsofthewoodattentively.ThereportshadceasedsuddenlyonthearrivalofBenJoyce;profoundsilencehadsucceededthenoisyfusillade.Afewwreathsofwhitesmokewerestillcurlingoverthetopsofthegumtrees.Thetalltuftsofgastrolobiumweremotionless.Allsignsofattackhaddisappeared.

           TheMajorandJohnManglesexaminedthewoodcloselyasfarasthegreattrees;theplacewasabandoned.Numerousfootmarkswerethereandseveralhalf-burnedcapswerelyingsmokingontheground.

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