human
What are your lordship's wishes?
gpt
Reach Dumbarton as quickly as possible, captain. Then, while Lady Helena returns to Malcolm Castle, I will go to London and submit this document to the authorities.
human
Now, my friends, said Glenarvan,
gpt
We are ready, my dear Edward,
human
First of all, continued Glenarvan,
gpt
Exactly,
human
LINE UPON LINE.
gpt
What can we conjecture? resumed Glenarvan.
human
First, that the shipwreck took place in the South Seas; and now I call your attention to the word _gonia_. Does it not indicate the name of the country which they reached?
gpt
Patagonia!
human
Probably.
gpt
But is Patagonia crossed by the thirty-seventh parallel?
human
That is easily seen, said the captain, taking out a map of South America.
gpt
It is so: Patagonia is bisected by the thirty-seventh parallel, which crosses Araucania, over the Pampas, north of Patagonia, and is lost in the Atlantic.
human
Well, let us continue our conjectures. The two sailors and the captain _abor, land_. Where? _Contin_,--the _continent_, you understand; a continent, not an island. What becomes of them? We have fortunately two letters, _pr_, which inform us of their fate. These unfortunates, in short, are _captured_ (pris) or _prisoners_. By whom? The _cruel Indians_. Are you convinced? Do not the words fit naturally into the vacant places? Does not the document grow clear to your eyes? Does not light break in upon your mind?
gpt
It is plain! it is plain!
human
All these hypotheses, my friends, seem to me extremely plausible. In my opinion, the catastrophe took place on the shores of Patagonia. However, I will inquire at Glasgow what was the destination of the Britannia, and we shall know whether she could have been led to these regions.
gpt
We do not need to go so far, replied the captain;
human
I have here the shipping news of the _Mercantile and Shipping Gazette_, which will give us definite information.
gpt
Let us see! let us see!