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Chapter 3

           AfterwelandedIsawthemendeavouringtopulltowardsus;butastheyhadonlyonepairofoarsoutoftheeightthatbelongedtotheboat,andasthewindwasblowingrightintheirteeth,theygraduallylostground.ThenIsawthemputaboutandhoistsomesortofsailablanket,Ifancy,foritwastoosmallfortheboatandinhalf-an-hourtheywereoutofsight."

           "Poorfellows!"Imurmuredsorrowfully.

           "ButthemoreIthinkaboutitI’vebetterhopeofthem,"continuedJackinamorecheerfultone."Yousee,Ralph,I’vereadagreatdealabouttheseSouthSeaIslands,andIknowthatinmanyplacestheyarescatteredaboutinthousandsoverthesea,sothey’realmostsuretofallinwithoneofthembeforelong."

           "I’msureIhopeso,"saidPeterkinearnestly."Butwhathasbecomeofthewreck,Jack?IsawyouclamberinguptherockstherewhileIwaswatchingRalph.Didyousayshehadgonetopieces?"

           "No,shehasnotgonetopieces;butshehasgonetothebottom,"repliedJack."AsIsaidbefore,shestruckonthetailoftheislandandstoveinherbow;butthenextbreakerswungherclear,andshefloatedawaytoleeward.Thepoorfellowsintheboatmadeahardstruggletoreachher,butlongbeforetheycamenearhershefilledandwentdown.ItwasaftershehadfounderedthatIsawthemtryingtopulltotheisland."

           TherewasalongsilenceafterJackhadceasedspeaking,andIhavenodoubtthateachwasrevolvinginhismindourextraordinaryposition.Formypart,Icannotsaythatmyreflectionswereveryagreeable.Iknewthatwewereonanisland,forJackhadsaidso;butwhetheritwasinhabitedornot,Ididnotknow.

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