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The Sacred Mountain

           "No,Major,"saidthesteward,"butIdidnotexpect"

           "ThatProvidencewouldsendyoufire,"interruptedPaganelinajovialtone."FirstthelarderofKara-Teteandthenfireoutoftheground!Uponmyword,thismountainisaparadise!Iproposethatwefoundacolony,andcultivatethesoilandsettlehereforlife!WeshallbetheRobinsonsofMaunganamu.Weshouldwantfornothing."

           "Ifitissolidground,"saidJohnMangles.

           "Well!itisnotathingofyesterday,"saidPaganel."Ithasstoodagainsttheinternalfireformanyaday,andwilldosotillweleaveit,atanyrate."

           "Breakfastisready,"announcedOlbinettwithasmuchdignityasifhewasinMalcolmCastle.

           Withoutdelay,thefugitivessatdownnearthepalisade,andbeganoneofthemanymealswithwhichProvidencehadsuppliedthemincriticalcircumstances.Nobodywasinclinedtobefastidious,butopinionsweredividedasregardedtheediblefern.Somethoughttheflavorsweetandagreeable,otherspronounceditleathery,insipid,andresemblingthetasteofgum.Thesweetpotatoes,cookedintheburningsoil,wereexcellent.ThegeographerremarkedthatKara-Tetewasnotbadlyoffafterall.

           Andnowthattheirhungerwasappeased,itwastimetodecideontheirplanofescape.

           "Sosoon!"exclaimedPaganelinapiteoustone.

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