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Lord Glenarvan and his companions arrived inside the

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Robert climbed on Wilson’s shoulders

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“Tapu! Tapu!” cried out Kai-Kúmu

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This was the signal to begin a terrible scene of cannibalism

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The bodies were brought to the foot of the mound

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Glenarvan first, then Lady Helena, slid along the rope

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The day began to dawn at about five o’clock

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“Sit down, please, my dear Lord.”

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The steward fell back

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They attacked the rocky mass with levers

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An incandescent column shot up into the sky

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Salt springs of strange transparency

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A ball cut the closest of the three canoes in half

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They all cried and embraced one another

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“Never! Never!” he exclaimed

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Ayrton crossed the deck with a sure step

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The two women remained shut up with the quartermaster for an hour

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Ayrton only shrugged his shoulders

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“Gentlemen, I really am Tom Ayrton.”

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The Captain’s two children…looked sadly at the phosphorescent sea

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A man was standing on the shore

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The Searcher’s route across New Zealand

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“This islet is a paradise.”

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The quartermaster stood motionless, his arms crossed

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They entered Malcolm Castle to the “Hurrah!”s of the Highlanders

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A wedding was celebrated fifteen days later

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Captain John Mangles

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