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f000001,13.760,14.640,"XLVIII." |
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f000002,14.640,23.960,"JANUARY th.All through the day the sky remained unclouded and the heat intense; and night came on without bringing much sensible moderation in the temperature." |
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f000003,23.960,39.160,"I was unable to get any sleep, and, towards morning, was disturbed by hearing an angry clamour going on outside the tent; it aroused M. Letourneur, Andre and Miss Herbey, as much as myself, and we were anxious to ascertain the cause of the tumult." |
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f000004,39.160,49.120,"The boatswain, Dowlas, and all the sailors were storming at each other in frightful rage; and Curtis, who had come forward from the stern, was vainly endeavouring to pacify them." |
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f000005,49.120,55.920,"But who has done it? we must know who has done it, said Dowlas, scowling with vindictive passion on the group around him." |
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f000006,55.920,59.680,"There's a thief, howled out the boatswain, and he shall be found!" |
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f000007,59.680,61.520,"Let's know who has taken it." |
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f000008,61.520,62.600,"I haven't taken it!" |
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f000009,62.600,63.840,"Nor I!" |
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f000010,63.840,66.480,"Nor I! cried the sailors one after another." |
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f000011,66.480,79.200,"And then they set to work again to ransack every quarter of the raft; they rolled every spar aside, they overturned everything on board, and only grew more and more incensed with anger as their search proved fruitless." |
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f000012,79.200,83.280,"Can YOU tell us, said the boatswain, coming up to me, who is the thief?" |
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f000013,83.280,83.800,"Thief!" |
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f000014,83.800,85.040,"I replied." |
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f000015,85.040,86.720,"I don't know what you mean." |
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f000016,86.720,94.160,"And while we were speaking the others all came up together, and told me that they had looked everywhere else, and that they were going now to search the tent." |
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f000017,94.160,94.640,"Shame!" |
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f000018,94.640,95.280,"I said." |
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f000019,95.280,100.240,"You ought to allow those whom you know to he dying of hunger at least to die in peace." |
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f000020,100.240,103.160,"There is not one of us who has left the tent all night." |
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f000021,103.160,104.640,"Why suspect us?" |
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f000022,104.640,119.520,"Now just look here, Mr. Kazallon, said the boatswain, in a voice which he was endeavouring to calm down into moderation, we are not accusing you of anything; we know well enough you, and all the rest of you, had a right to your shares as much as anybody; but that isn't it." |
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f000023,119.520,122.480,"It's all gone somewhere, every bit." |
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f000024,122.480,127.920,"Yes, said Sandon gruffly; it's all gone somewheres, and we are a going to search the tent." |
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f000025,127.920,134.200,"Resistance was useless, and Miss Herbey, M. Letourneur, and Andre were all turned out." |
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f000026,134.200,136.040,"I confess I was very fearful." |
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f000027,136.040,149.440,"I had a strong suspicion that for the sake of his son, for whom he was ready to venture anything, M. Letourneur had committed the theft; in that case I knew that nothing would have prevented the infuriated men from tearing the devoted father to pieces." |
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f000028,149.440,153.560,"I beckoned to Curtis for protection, and he came and stood beside me." |
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f000029,153.560,160.360,"He said nothing, but waited with his hands in his pockets, and I think I am not mistaken in my belief that there was some sort of a weapon in each." |
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f000030,160.360,164.880,"To my great relief the search was ineffectual." |
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f000031,164.880,172.240,"There was no doubt that the carcase of the suicide had been thrown overboard, and the rage of the disappointed cannibals knew no bounds." |
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f000032,172.240,174.480,"Yet who had ventured to do the deed!" |
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f000033,174.480,180.560,"I looked at M. Letourneur and Miss Herbey; but their countenances at once betrayed their ignorance." |
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f000034,180.560,183.640,"Andre turned his face away, and his eyes did not meet my own." |
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f000035,183.640,192.160,"Probably it is he; but, if it be, I wonder whether he has reckoned up the consequences of so rash an act." |
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f000036,192.160,193.200,"end of chapter." |
