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ON
the
19th
of
March
,
eleven
days
after
leaving
the
island
,
the
Duncan
sighted
the
American
coast
,
and
next
day
dropped
anchor
in
the
bay
of
Talcahuano
.
They
had
come
back
again
after
a
voyage
of
five
months
,
during
which
,
and
keeping
strictly
along
the
37th
parallel
,
they
had
gone
round
the
world
.
The
passengers
in
this
memorable
expedition
,
unprecedented
in
the
annals
of
the
Travelers
'
Club
,
had
visited
Chili
,
the
Pampas
,
the
Argentine
Republic
,
the
Atlantic
,
the
island
of
Tristan
d'Acunha
,
the
Indian
Ocean
,
Amsterdam
Island
,
Australia
,
New
Zealand
,
Isle
Tabor
,
and
the
Pacific
.
Their
search
had
not
been
fruitless
,
for
they
were
bringing
back
the
survivors
of
the
shipwrecked
Britannia
.
Not
one
of
the
brave
Scots
who
set
out
at
the
summons
of
their
chief
,
but
could
answer
to
their
names
;
all
were
returning
to
their
old
Scotia
.
As
soon
as
the
Duncan
had
re-provisioned
,
she
sailed
along
the
coast
of
Patagonia
,
doubled
Cape
Horn
,
and
made
a
swift
run
up
the
Atlantic
Ocean
.
No
voyage
could
be
more
devoid
of
incident
.
The
yacht
was
simply
carrying
home
a
cargo
of
happiness
.
There
was
no
secret
now
on
board
,
not
even
John
Mangles
's
attachment
to
Mary
Grant
.
Yes
,
there
was
one
mystery
still
,
which
greatly
excited
McNabbs
's
curiosity
.
Why
was
it
that
Paganel
remained
always
hermetically
fastened
up
in
his
clothes
,
with
a
big
comforter
round
his
throat
and
up
to
his
very
ears
?
The
Major
was
burning
with
desire
to
know
the
reason
of
this
singular
fashion
.
But
in
spite
of
interrogations
,
allusions
,
and
suspicions
on
the
part
of
McNabbs
,
Paganel
would
not
unbutton
.
Not
even
when
the
Duncan
crossed
the
line
,
and
the
heat
was
so
great
that
the
seams
of
the
deck
were
melting
.
"
He
is
so
DISTRAIT
that
he
thinks
he
is
at
St.
Petersburg
,
"
said
the
Major
,
when
he
saw
the
geographer
wrapped
in
an
immense
great-coat
,
as
if
the
mercury
had
been
frozen
in
the
thermometer
.
At
last
on
the
9th
of
May
,
fifty-three
days
from
the
time
of
leaving
Talcahuano
,
John
Mangles
sighted
the
lights
of
Cape
Clear
.
The
yacht
entered
St.
George
's
Channel
,
crossed
the
Irish
Sea
,
and
on
the
10th
of
May
reached
the
Firth
of
Clyde
.
At
11
o'clock
she
dropped
anchor
off
Dunbarton
,
and
at
2
P.M.
the
passengers
arrived
at
Malcolm
Castle
amidst
the
enthusiastic
cheering
of
the
Highlanders
.
As
fate
would
have
it
then
,
Harry
Grant
and
his
two
companions
were
saved
.
John
Mangles
wedded
Mary
Grant
in
the
old
cathedral
of
St.
Mungo
,
and
Mr.
Paxton
,
the
same
clergyman
who
had
prayed
nine
months
before
for
the
deliverance
of
the
father
,
now
blessed
the
marriage
of
his
daughter
and
his
deliverer
.
Robert
was
to
become
a
sailor
like
Harry
Grant
and
John
Mangles
,
and
take
part
with
them
in
the
captain
's
grand
projects
,
under
the
auspices
of
Lord
Glenarvan
.
But
fate
also
decreed
that
Paganel
was
not
to
die
a
bachelor
?
Probably
so
.
The
fact
was
,
the
learned
geographer
after
his
heroic
exploits
,
could
not
escape
celebrity
.
His
blunders
made
quite
a
FURORE
among
the
fashionables
of
Scotland
,
and
he
was
overwhelmed
with
courtesies
.
It
was
then
that
an
amiable
lady
,
about
thirty
years
of
age
,
in
fact
,
a
cousin
of
McNabbs
,
a
little
eccentric
herself
,
but
good
and
still
charming
,
fell
in
love
with
the
geographer
's
oddities
,
and
offered
him
her
hand
.
Forty
thousand
pounds
went
with
it
,
but
that
was
not
mentioned
.
