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The Sacred Mountain

           "Godbepraised!"saidLadyHelena,liftingherhandstoheaven.

           Thefugitiveswerenotyetoutofdanger,buttheyhadamoment’srespite,whichwasverywelcomeintheirexhaustedstate.

           Glenarvanwastoomuchovercometospeak,andtheMajornoddedhisheadwithanairofperfectcontent.

           "Andnow,myfriends,"saidPaganel,"ifthesebrutesthinktoexercisetheirpatienceonus,theyaremistaken.Intwodaysweshallbeoutoftheirreach."

           "Byflight!"saidGlenarvan."Buthow?"

           "ThatIdonotknow,"answeredPaganel,"butweshallmanageit."

           Andnoweverybodywantedtoknowabouttheirfriend’sadventures.Theywerepuzzledbythereserveofamangenerallysotalkative;onthisoccasiontheyhadtodragthewordsoutofhismouth;usuallyhewasareadystory-teller,nowhegaveonlyevasiveanswerstothequestionsoftherest.

           "Paganelisanotherman!"thoughtMcNabbs.

           Hisfacewasreallyaltered.Hewrappedhimselfcloselyinhisgreatflaxmatandseemedtodeprecateobservation.Everyonenoticedhisembarrassment,whenhewasthesubjectofconversation,thoughnobodyappearedtoremarkit;whenothertopicswereunderdiscussion,Paganelresumedhisusualgayety.

           Ofhisadventuresallthatcouldbeextractedfromhimatthistimewasasfollows:

           AfterthemurderofKara-Tete,Paganeltookadvantage,likeRobert,ofthecommotionamongthenatives,andgotoutoftheinclosure.

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