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A
quarter
of
an
hour
afterward
a
telegram
was
sent
to
the
syndicate
of
shipbrokers
in
Melbourne
.
The
whole
party
then
repaired
to
the
Victoria
Hotel
.
At
2
P.M.
the
following
telegraphic
reply
was
received
:
"
LORD
GLENARVAN
,
Eden
.
"
Twofold
Bay
.
"
The
Duncan
left
on
the
16th
current
.
Destination
unknown
.
J.
ANDREWS
,
S.
B.
"
The
telegram
dropped
from
Glenarvan
's
hands
.
There
was
no
doubt
now
.
The
good
,
honest
Scotch
yacht
was
now
a
pirate
ship
in
the
hands
of
Ben
Joyce
!
So
ended
this
journey
across
Australia
,
which
had
commenced
under
circumstances
so
favorable
.
All
trace
of
Captain
Grant
and
his
shipwrecked
men
seemed
to
be
irrevocably
lost
.
This
ill
success
had
cost
the
loss
of
a
ship
's
crew
.
Lord
Glenarvan
had
been
vanquished
in
the
strife
;
and
the
courageous
searchers
,
whom
the
unfriendly
elements
of
the
Pampas
had
been
unable
to
check
,
had
been
conquered
on
the
Australian
shore
by
the
perversity
of
man
.
IF
ever
the
searchers
after
Captain
Grant
were
tempted
to
despair
,
surely
it
was
at
this
moment
when
all
their
hopes
were
destroyed
at
a
blow
.
Toward
what
quarter
of
the
world
should
they
direct
their
endeavors
?
How
were
they
to
explore
new
countries
?
The
Duncan
was
no
longer
available
,
and
even
an
immediate
return
to
their
own
land
was
out
of
the
question
.
Thus
the
enterprise
of
these
generous
Scots
had
failed
!
Failed
!
a
despairing
word
that
finds
no
echo
in
a
brave
soul
;
and
yet
under
the
repeated
blows
of
adverse
fate
,
Glenarvan
himself
was
compelled
to
acknowledge
his
inability
to
prosecute
his
devoted
efforts
.
Mary
Grant
at
this
crisis
nerved
herself
to
the
resolution
never
to
utter
the
name
of
her
father
.
She
suppressed
her
own
anguish
,
when
she
thought
of
the
unfortunate
crew
who
had
perished
.
The
daughter
was
merged
in
the
friend
,
and
she
now
took
upon
her
to
console
Lady
Glenarvan
,
who
till
now
had
been
her
faithful
comforter
.
She
was
the
first
to
speak
of
returning
to
Scotland
.
John
Mangles
was
filled
with
admiration
at
seeing
her
so
courageous
and
so
resigned
.
He
wanted
to
say
a
word
further
in
the
Captain
's
interest
,
but
Mary
stopped
him
with
a
glance
,
and
afterward
said
to
him
:
"
No
,
Mr.
John
,
we
must
think
of
those
who
ventured
their
lives
.
Lord
Glenarvan
must
return
to
Europe
!
"
"
You
are
right
,
Miss
Mary
,
"
answered
John
Mangles
;
"
he
must
.
Beside
,
the
English
authorities
must
be
informed
of
the
fate
of
the
Duncan
.
But
do
not
despair
.
