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46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "A journey of not more than twenty-five miles, said Glenarvan."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It is nothing."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What is nothing at sea will be long and difficult on land,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Well, then, said Captain Mangles,"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "A TIDE IN THE AFFAIRS OF MEN."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "And these are my reasons, said he."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "First, we are very much fatigued, and all our strength is necessary to free the vessel. Then, when this is accomplished, how can we sail among the dangerous breakers, and in such profound darkness? Moreover, another reason induces me to wait. The wind promises to aid us, and I desire to profit by it, and am in hopes that it will drift the old hull out when the tide raises her. To-morrow, if I am not mistaken, the breeze will blow from the northwest. We will set the main-sails, and they will help to raise the brig."
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "To the windlass!"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Down! down! cried the young captain;"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Helena! Mary!"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And could we have done with the boat what we cannot do with the raft?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, candidly speaking, we could, was the reply;"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Then these wretches, who have abandoned us----"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Oh, said Captain Mangles,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "So much the worse for them, continued Paganel;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What do you mean, Paganel? said Glenarvan."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The raft will take us ashore."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "That is precisely what I would avoid,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What! can a journey of not more than twenty miles terrify us, after what has been done on the Pampas and in Australia?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "My friends, resumed Paganel,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I do not doubt your courage, nor that of our fair companions. Twenty miles is nothing in any other country except New Zealand. Here, however, anything is better than venturing upon these treacherous shores."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Anything is better than exposing yourself to certain death on a wrecked vessel,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What have we to fear in New Zealand?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "The savages!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The savages? said Glenarvan."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Can we not avoid them by following the coast? Besides, an attack from a few wretches cannot intimidate ten well-armed and determined Europeans."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It is not a question of wretches, rejoined Paganel."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "The New Zealanders form terrible tribes that struggle against the English government, fight with invaders, frequently conquer them, and always eat them."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Cannibals! cannibals! cried Robert; and then he murmured, as though afraid to give full utterance to the words,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "My sister! Lady Helena!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Never fear, my boy! said Glenarvan;"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I do not exaggerate, replied Paganel."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "With these New Zealanders war is what the sports of the chase are to civilized nations; and the game they hunt for they feast upon."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Paganel, said the major,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No, it has not, was the prompt reply."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The records are yet fresh of ministers who have gone out to proclaim Christianity and have fallen victims to the murderous and cannibal instincts of those to whom they preached. Not long since, in the year 1864, one of these clergymen was seized by the chiefs, was hung to the tree, was tantalized and tortured to his last moments; and then, whilst some tore his body to pieces, others devoured the various members. No, the Maoris are still cannibals, and will remain so for some time to come."
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "When shall we start?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "To-morrow morning at ten o'clock, replied Captain Mangles."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The tide will begin to rise then, and will carry us ashore."
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Are we ready?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "All is ready, captain,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Aboard, then!"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Except one,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Where?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "There,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "That is true, answered Paganel."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Let us try to determine its position, that we may not run upon it when the tide covers it."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It is exactly at the northern projection of the mountain, said Captain Mangles."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Wilson, bear away towards the offing."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, captain,"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It is not a rock, said he, after a moment's examination;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Is it not a piece of the Macquarie's mast?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No, replied Glenarvan;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Wait! cried Captain Mangles."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I recognize it. It is the boat."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "The brig's boat?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, my lord, the brig's boat, bottom upwards."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "The unfortunate sailors! exclaimed Lady Helena,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, madam, continued the captain;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "May Heaven have pity on them!"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "But this boat may be useful,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Certainly, replied Captain Mangles."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Come about, Wilson."
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Empty?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, captain, replied the sailor,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Can we not save any part?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No, answered the captain."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "She is only fit to burn."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I am sorry, said Paganel,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We must be resigned, Mr. Paganel, rejoined the captain."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Moreover, on such a rough sea, I prefer our raft to that frail conveyance. A slight shock would dash it in pieces! Therefore, my lord, we have nothing more to stay here for."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "As you wish, John,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Forward, Wilson, continued the young captain,"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Anchor!"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "My lord, replied the young captain,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "And dinner,"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Look, said he,"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "known to naturalists as the apteryx, and which is becoming very scarce, from the pursuit of its many enemies. Robert discovered in a nest on the ground a couple of these birds without tails or wings, but with four toes on the foot, and a long beak or bill like that of a woodcock, and small white feathers all over its body. Of this bird there was then an entire absence in the zoological collections of Europe, and Paganel indulged the hope that he might be able to be the proud contributor of such a valuable specimen to the"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Jardin"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Then, said Glenarvan,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, replied Paganel;"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "So much the better; for these are severe hardships for Lady Helena and Mary Grant."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "And they endure them heroically, added Captain Mangles."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "But, if I am not mistaken, Mr. Paganel, you have spoken of a village situated at the junction of the two rivers."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, answered the geographer;"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, could we not lodge there for the night? Lady Helena and Miss Grant would not hesitate to go two miles farther, if they could find a tolerable hotel."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "A hotel! cried Paganel."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "A hotel in a Maori village! There is not even a tavern. This village is only a collection of native huts; and, far from seeking shelter there, my advice is to avoid it most carefully."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Always your fears, Paganel!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "My dear lord, distrust is better than confidence among the Maoris. I do not know upon what terms they are with the English. Now, timidity aside, such as ourselves would be fine prizes, and I dislike to try New Zealand hospitality. I therefore think it wise to avoid this village, and likewise any meeting with the natives. Once at Drury, it will be different, and there our courageous ladies can refresh themselves at their ease for the fatigues of their journey."
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Here is the Waikato, cried Paganel,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We shall see to-morrow, replied the major."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Let us encamp here. It seems to me as if those deeper shadows yonder proceeded from a little thicket of trees that has grown here expressly to shelter us. Let us eat and sleep."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Eat, said Paganel,"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "sacred stones to which the New Zealanders attribute miraculous properties. At his side lay a gun of English manufacture, and a"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Where are you taking us, chief?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Say, what do you expect to do with us?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "To exchange you, if your friends will ransom you; to kill you, if they refuse."
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Taupo,"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Then, replied the geographer,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "But whereabouts are the English garrisons?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It is difficult to say, replied Paganel."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "At all events, the war must have reached the province of Taranaki, and probably the troops are collected beyond the mountains, on the side of the lake where the habitations of the savages are concentrated."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "God grant it!"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Pihé,"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Drive them away!"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Courage, my dear Helena; Heaven will not forsake us!"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "They have gathered around the chief, said he, in a low voice."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "They are waving their arms, and howling. Kai-Koumou is going to speak."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Kai-Koumou is speaking. The savages grow calm; they listen."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "This chief, said the major,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, they are listening to him, continued Robert."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "They are dispersing; some return to their huts,--others leave the fortification."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Is it really so?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, Mr. MacNabb, replied Robert."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Kai-Koumou remains alone with the warriors that were in the canoe. Ha! one of them is coming towards us!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Get down, Robert,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Edward, said she, in a firm voice,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "A weapon!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes. The Maoris do not search their female prisoners; but this weapon is for us, Edward, not for them."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Glenarvan, said MacNabb quickly,"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The Irascible."
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You are English?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And your companions?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "My companions are also English. We are shipwrecked travelers, and, if you care to know, we have taken no part in the war."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No matter, replied Kara-Tété, brutally."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Every Englishman is our enemy. Your people have invaded our island. They have stolen away our fields; they have burned our villages."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "They have done wrong, said Glenarvan, in a grave tone."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I say so because I think so, and not because I am in your power."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Listen, continued Kai-Koumou."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Tohonga, the high-priest of Nouï-Atoua, has fallen into the hands of your brothers. He is prisoner of the Pakekas (Europeans). Our god commands us to ransom his life. I would have torn out your heart, I would have hung your companions' heads and yours forever to the stakes of this palisade. But Nouï-Atoua has spoken."
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Do you think the English will give us our Tohonga in exchange for you?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I do not know,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Speak, continued Kai-Koumou."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Is your life worth that of our Tohonga?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No, answered Glenarvan."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I am neither a chief nor a priest among my people."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Then you doubt it?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I do not know,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Will not your people accept you in exchange for our Tohonga?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Not me alone, replied Glenarvan;"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Among the Maoris, said Kai-Koumou,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Offer these ladies first in exchange for your priest,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "These two ladies, continued Glenarvan, turning respectfully towards them,"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Do you hope, then, to deceive Kai-Koumou by false words, cursed European? Do you think that Kai-Koumou's eyes cannot read your heart?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "That is your wife!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No, mine!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Edward!"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Taboo! taboo!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Taboo! taboo!"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Who knows, said he, reminding Glenarvan of the effect produced upon the chief by the death of Kara-Tété,--"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Remember!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Lord and Lady Glenarvan, said she,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I think that, if a wife can die by the hand of her husband to escape a degrading existence, a maiden can likewise die by the hand of her lover. John (for I may tell you at this critical moment), have I not long been your betrothed in the depths of your heart? May I rely upon you, dear John, as Lady Helena does upon Lord Glenarvan?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Mary! cried the young captain, in terror."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Ah! dear Mary----"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You killed Kara-Tété!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I did."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You shall die to-morrow at sunrise."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Alone?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What! as if our Tohonga's life were not more precious than yours!"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You come from the camp of the pale-faces?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You saw the prisoner, our Tohonga?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I did."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Is he living?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "He is dead! The English have shot him."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You shall all die to-morrow at daybreak!"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We shall need all the strength possible to face death, said Glenarvan."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We must show these barbarians how Europeans and Christians can die."
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "My dear companions, our lives and those of these poor ladies are in God's hands. If Heaven has decreed that we shall die to-morrow, we can, I am sure, die like brave people, like Christians, ready to appear fearlessly before the final Judge. God, who does read the secrets of the soul, knows that we are fulfilling a noble mission. If death awaits us instead of success, it is his will. However severe his decree may be, I shall not murmur against it. But this is not death alone; it is torture, disgrace; and here are two women----"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "John, you have promised Mary Grant what I have promised Lady Helena. What have you resolved?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "This promise, replied John Mangles,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I believe I have the right in the sight of God to fulfill."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, John; but we have no weapons."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Here is one, answered John, displaying a poniard."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I snatched it from Kara-Tété's hands when he fell at your feet. My lord, he of us who survives the other shall fulfill this vow."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "My friends, reserve this extreme measure till the last moment. I am no advocate of what is irremediable."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I do not speak for ourselves, replied Glenarvan."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We can brave death, whatever it may be. Ah, if we were alone! Twenty times already would I have urged you to make a sally and attack those wretches. But _they_----"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Listen,"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Some creature in its burrow,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Who knows, said he,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Man or animal, replied the major,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I will know what is going on."
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Is it Robert?"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It is you! it is you! cried the young girl, who could not be mistaken,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, little sister, replied Robert,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I am here to save you all! But silence!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Brave lad!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Keep watch of the savages outside,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "All is well, said he."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Only four warriors are watching now. The others have fallen asleep."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Courage!"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "My boy! my boy! murmured Lady Helena;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No, madam, replied Robert."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Somehow, during the uproar, I succeeded in escaping their vigilance. I crossed the yard. For two days I kept hidden behind the bushes. At night I wandered about, longing to see you again. While the tribe were occupied with the funeral of the chief, I came and examined this side of the fortification, where the prison stands, and saw that I could reach you. I stole this knife and rope in a deserted hut. The tufts of grass and the bushes helped me to climb. By chance I found a kind of grotto hollowed out in the very rock against which this hut rests. I had only a few feet to dig in the soft earth, and here I am."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Let us start,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Is Paganel below?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Mr. Paganel?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes; is he waiting for us?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No, my lord. What! is he not here?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "He is not, Robert,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What! have you not seen him? exclaimed Glenarvan."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Did you not meet each other in the confusion? Did you not escape together?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No, my lord,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Let us start, said the major;"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "This rope, said he,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I will go first, replied Robert."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I have discovered at the base of the slope a sort of deep excavation, where those who descend first can wait for the others in safety."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Go then, my boy,"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Stop!"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "All right!"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Courage, courage, my friends!"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Let us go down, cried he,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It is useless, Glenarvan. Look!"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The tomb of the chief Kara-Tété!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Are you in earnest?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, my lord, it is the tomb; I recognize it."
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "A savage!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "A savage in this tomb?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, MacNabb."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What matter? Let us enter."
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Be seated, my dear lord; breakfast is awaiting you."
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Be seated, my dear lord; breakfast is awaiting you."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "The savages!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The savages, replied Paganel, shrugging his shoulders,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "But can they not----?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "They! the imbeciles! Come and see them."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Cry and howl till you are tired, miserable creatures! said Paganel."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I defy you to climb this mountain!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "And why?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Because the chief is buried here; this tomb protects us, and the mountain is tabooed."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Tabooed?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, my friends; and that is why I took refuge here, as in one of those asylums of the Middle Ages, open to unfortunates."
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And now, my friends, said Paganel,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We will escape! said Glenarvan;"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I do not know, replied Paganel,"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Paganel has changed,"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Hihy"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Why! said he,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Leaves of the Bible! If this is the use they make of the sacred writings, I pity the missionaries. They will have difficulty in founding Maori libraries."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "And what passage of the Scriptures have these natives fired at us?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "A mighty promise of God, replied Captain Mangles, who had also read the paper."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It bids us hope in Him,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Read, John,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Because he hath set his love upon Me, therefore will I deliver him:"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "My friends, said Glenarvan,"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And yet, said Glenarvan,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Certainly, replied the major;"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "MacNabb, said Paganel,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I do not desire to remain on this peak. Let Heaven show me a way of escape, and I will leave it instantly."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "My dear Edward, said she,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Hope, my dear Helena, replied Glenarvan."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The natives will never come to the top of the mountain, and we shall have abundant time to form a plan of escape."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Moreover, madam, said Captain Mangles,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "God himself encourages us to hope."
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Now to the tomb! cried Paganel, gayly."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "This is our fortress, our castle, our dining-room, and our workshop. No one is to disarrange it. Ladies, permit me to do the honors of this charming dwelling."
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Here is a whole arsenal, said Paganel,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "But these are English guns!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Doubtless, replied Glenarvan;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "But still more useful, said Paganel,"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Close the hole!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Well! well! ha! ha! very natural!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You are not scalded?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No, Mr. MacNabb, replied the steward;"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "So many blessings, added Paganel, in a mirthful tone."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Consider Kara-Tété's water and provisions, and the fire of the earth! This mountain is a paradise! I propose that we found a colony here, cultivate the soil, and settle for the rest of our days. We will be Robinson Crusoes of Maunganamu. Indeed, I look in vain for any deficiency on this comfortable peak."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Nothing is wanting if the earth is firm,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Well, it was not created yesterday, said Paganel."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It has long resisted the action of internal fires, and will easily hold out till our departure."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Breakfast is ready,"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "So soon! said Paganel, in a truly piteous tone."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What! are you thinking already of leaving this delightful place?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I think, first of all, replied Glenarvan,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Exactly, answered Paganel;"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And if they prevent us?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Then we will employ the great expedients,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You have great expedients, then?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "More than I know what to do with,"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Back! cried Glenarvan;"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Wait till to-morrow, said Paganel;"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "My friends, said he,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "And this project?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "This is it, replied Paganel."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "The superstition of the natives has made this mountain a place of refuge, and this superstition must help us to escape. If I succeed in convincing Kai-Koumou that we have become the victims of our sacrilege, that the wrath of Heaven has fallen upon us, in short, that we have met a terrible death, do you think that he will abandon the mountain and return to his village?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Probably,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "And with what horrible death do you threaten us?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The death of the sacrilegious, my friends, continued Paganel."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "The avenging flames are under our feet. Let us open a way for them."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What! you would make a volcano?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, a factitious, an improvised one, whose fury we will control. There is quite a supply of vapors and subterranean fires that only ask for an outlet. Let us arrange an artificial eruption for our own advantage."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The idea is good, said the major,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You understand, resumed the geographer,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Where we shall remain three, four, or five days, if necessary, till the savages are convinced of our death, and abandon the siege."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "But if they think of making sure of our destruction, said Miss Grant,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No, my dear Mary, replied Paganel,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "This plan is really well conceived, remarked Glenarvan."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "There is only one chance against it, and that is, that the savages may persist in remaining at the foot of the mountain till the provisions fail us. But this is scarcely probable, especially if we play our part skillfully."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "And when shall we make this last venture?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "This very evening, answered Paganel,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Agreed, said MacNabb."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Paganel, you are a man of genius; and although from habit I am scarcely ever enthusiastic, I will answer for your success. Ha! these rascals! we shall perform a little miracle for them that will delay their conversion a good century. May the missionaries pardon us!"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Taboo! taboo! taboo!"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "They are going! cried Glenarvan."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "They are abandoning their post! God be thanked! Our scheme has succeeded! My dear Helena, my brave companions, we are now dead and buried; but this evening we will revive, we will leave our tomb, and flee from these barbarous tribes!"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "A canoe! a canoe!"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "To sea! to sea! cried he;"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "A ship! cried he;"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, said he,"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The Duncan! cried Glenarvan,--"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "The Duncan?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, death on all sides!"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Tom Austin! Tom Austin! said the child."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "He is on board! I see him! He has recognized us! He is waving his hat!"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Help, help, Tom!"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "But the convicts? inquired Glenarvan."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What have you done with the convicts?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The convicts!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes; the wretches who attacked the yacht."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What yacht, my lord? The Duncan?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Of course. Did not Ben Joyce come on board?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I do not know Ben Joyce; I have never seen him."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Never? cried Glenarvan, amazed at the answers of the old sailor."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Then will you tell me why the Duncan is now on the shores of New Zealand?"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The Duncan is here by your lordship's orders."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "By my orders?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, my lord. I only conformed to the instructions contained in your letter."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "My letter?"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, continued Glenarvan,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes; a letter from your lordship."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "At Melbourne?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "At Melbourne; just as I had finished the repair of the ship."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And this letter?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It was not written by you; but it was signed by you, my lord."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Exactly; it was sent by a convict, Ben Joyce."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No; by the sailor called Ayrton, quartermaster of the Britannia."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, Ayrton or Ben Joyce; it is the same person. Well, what did the letter say?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It ordered me to leave Melbourne without delay, and come to the eastern shores of----"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Australia!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Australia? repeated Tom, opening his eyes."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No, indeed; New Zealand!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Australia, Tom! Australia!"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Be easy, Tom, said Lady Helena."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Providence has decreed----"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No, madam, pardon me, returned the sailor;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Ayrton?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The very one. He maintained that it was a mistake, and that you had appointed Twofold Bay as the place of meeting."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Have you the letter, Tom?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, Mr. MacNabb, replied Austin."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I will soon bring it."
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Indeed, I must confess, Paganel, that this is a little too much."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Read it, my lord,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Order for Tom Austin to put to sea, and bring the Duncan to the eastern coast of New Zealand."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "New Zealand?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "New Zealand!"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, my good Paganel, said MacNabb, in a grave tone,"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Now, Paganel, said Glenarvan,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Very well, said Paganel."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It was----"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Never mind, my dear Glenarvan. I am a madman, a fool, an incorrigible being, and shall die a most famous blunderer!"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Now, Tom, said Glenarvan,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, my lord, replied Austin."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I was very much surprised; but, as I am not in the habit of discussing the orders I receive, I obeyed. Could I act otherwise? If any accident had happened from not following your instructions, should I not have been to blame? Would you have done differently, captain?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No, Tom,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "But what did you think?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I thought, my lord, that, in the cause of Captain Grant, it was necessary to go wherever you directed me; that by some combination of circumstances another vessel would take you to New Zealand, and that I was to wait for you on the eastern coast of the island. Moreover, on leaving Melbourne, I kept my destination secret, and the crew did not know it till we were out at sea and the shores of Australia had disappeared from sight. But then an incident occurred that perplexed me very much."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What do you mean, Tom?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I mean, he replied,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Ayrton! cried Glenarvan."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Is he on board?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, my lord."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Ayrton here!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Wonderful indeed!"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Where is he?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "In a cabin in the forecastle, replied Tom Austin,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Why this confinement?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Because, when Ayrton saw that the yacht was sailing for New Zealand, he flew into a passion; because he attempted to force me to change the ship's course; because he threatened me; and, finally, because he urged my men to a mutiny. I saw that he was a dangerous person, and was compelled, therefore, to take precautions against him."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And since that time?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Since that time he has been in his cabin, without offering to come out."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Good!"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Can I be released from attending this tribunal? asked Lady Helena."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I confess to you, my dear Edward, that the sight of this unfortunate would be very painful to me."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It is only to confront him, Helena, replied Glenarvan."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Remain, if you can. Ben Joyce should see himself face to face with all his intended victims."
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Call Ayrton!"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Ayrton, said Glenarvan,"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Speak, Ayrton; what have you to say?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I have nothing to say, my lord. I was foolish enough to let myself be taken. Do what you please."
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I hope, Ayrton, continued he,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Will you tell me how you left the Britannia, and why you were in Australia?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Listen to me, Ayrton, resumed Glenarvan."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It is for your interest to speak. We may reward a frank confession, which is your only resort. For the last time, will you answer my questions?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "My lord, said he,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I have nothing to answer. It is for justice to prove against me."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The proofs will be easy,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Easy, my lord? continued the quartermaster, in a sneering tone."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Your lordship seems to me very hasty. I declare that the best judge in Westminster Hall would be puzzled to establish my identity. Who can say why I came to Australia, since Captain Grant is no longer here to inform you? Who can prove that I am that Ben Joyce described by the police, since they have never laid hands upon me, and my companions are at liberty? Who, except you, can charge me, not to say with a crime, but even with a culpable action?"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Ayrton, I am not a judge charged with trying you. This is not my business. It is important that our respective positions should be clearly defined. I ask nothing that can implicate you, for that is the part of justice. But you know what search I am pursuing, and, with a word, you can put me on the track I have lost. Will you speak?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Will you tell me where Captain Grant is?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No, my lord."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Will you point out where the Britannia was wrecked?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Certainly not."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Ayrton, said Glenarvan, in almost a suppliant tone,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I cannot, my lord."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No, I will not speak! Hang me if you will!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Hang, then!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "There are neither judges nor hangmen here. At the first landing-place you shall be put into the hands of the English authorities."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Just what I desire,"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Has he spoken?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No, replied Lady Helena;"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Ah, dear Helena, you have succeeded!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I hope so, Edward."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Have you made any promise that I am to sanction?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Only one: that you will use all your influence to moderate the fate in store for him."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Certainly, my dear Helena. Let him come to me immediately."
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You desired to speak to me, Ayrton?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, my lord,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "To me alone?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes; but I think that if Major MacNabb and Mr. Paganel were present at the interview it would be better."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "For whom?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "For me."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We are ready for you,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "My lord, it is customary for witnesses to be present at every contract or negotiation between two parties. That is why I requested the presence of Mr. Paganel and Major MacNabb; for, properly speaking, this is a matter of business that I am going to propose to you."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Do you agree or not?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What is this business?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "This is it, replied Ayrton."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You desire to know from me certain circumstances which may be useful to you. I desire to obtain from you certain advantages which will be valuable to me. Now, I will make an exchange, my lord. Do you agree or not?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What are these circumstances?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No, corrected Glenarvan:"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "These, said he,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, Ayrton; it is only justice."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I do not deny it, replied the quartermaster."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You would not consent, then, to set me at liberty?"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No, Ayrton, I cannot set you at liberty."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I do not ask it,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What do you wish, then?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "An intermediate fate, my lord, between that which you think awaits me and the liberty that you cannot grant me."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And that is----?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "To abandon me on one of the desert islands of the Pacific, with the principal necessaries of life. I will manage as I can, and repent, if I have time."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Ayrton, if I grant your request, will you tell me all that it is for my interest to know?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, my lord; that is to say, all that I know concerning Captain Grant and the Britannia."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The whole truth?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "The whole."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "But who will warrant----?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Oh, I see what troubles you, my lord. You do not like to trust to me,--to the word of a malefactor! That is right. But what can you do? The situation is thus. You have only to accept or refuse."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I will trust you, Ayrton,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "And you will be right, my lord. Moreover, if I deceive you, you will always have the power to revenge yourself."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "How?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "By recapturing me on this island, from which I shall not be able to escape."
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "My lord and gentlemen, added he,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I desire that you should be convinced that I am honorable. I do not seek to deceive you, but am going to give you a new proof of my sincerity in this affair. I act frankly, because I rely upon your loyalty."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Go on, Ayrton,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "My lord, I have not yet your promise to agree to my proposition, and still I do not hesitate to tell you that I know little concerning Harry Grant."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Little!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, my lord; the circumstances that I am able to communicate to you are relative to myself. They are personal experiences, and will scarcely tend to put you on the track you have lost."
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Thus you are forewarned, my lord, that the business will be less advantageous for you than for me."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No matter, replied Glenarvan;"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I accept your proposal, Ayrton. You have my word that you shall be landed at one of the islands of the Pacific."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Very well, my lord,"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I am ready to answer,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We have no questions to ask you, rejoined Glenarvan."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Tell us what you know, Ayrton, and, in the first place, who you are."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Gentlemen, replied he,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I am really Tom Ayrton, quartermaster of the Britannia. I left Glasgow in Captain Grant's ship on the 12th of March, 1861. For fourteen months we traversed together the Pacific, seeking some favorable place to found a Scottish colony. Harry Grant was a man capable of performing great deeds, but frequently serious disputes arose between us. His character did not harmonize with mine. I could not yield; but with Harry Grant, when his resolution is taken, all resistance is impossible. He is like iron towards himself and others. However, I dared to mutiny, and attempted to involve the crew and gain possession of the vessel. Whether I did right or wrong is of little importance. However it may be, Captain Grant did not hesitate to land me, April 8, 1862, on the west coast of Australia."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Australia! exclaimed the major, interrupting Ayrton's story."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Then you left the Britannia before her arrival at Callao, where the last news of her was dated?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, replied the quartermaster;"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Go on, Ayrton,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I found myself, therefore, abandoned on an almost desert coast, but only twenty miles from the penitentiary of Perth, the capital of Western Australia. Wandering along the shore, I met a band of convicts who had just escaped. I joined them. You will spare me, my lord, the account of my life for two years and a half. It is enough to know that I became chief of the runaways, under the name of Ben Joyce. In the month of September, 1864, I made my appearance at the Irishman's farm, and was received as a servant under my true name of Ayrton. Here I waited till an opportunity should be offered to gain possession of a vessel. This was my great object. Two months later the Duncan arrived. During your visit at the farm you related, my lord, the whole story of Captain Grant. I then learned what I had not known, the Britannia's stoppage at Callao, the last news of her, dated June, 1862, two months after my abandonment, the finding of the document, the shipwreck of the vessel, and finally the important reasons you had for seeking Captain Grant in Australia. I did not hesitate, but resolved to appropriate the Duncan,--a marvelous ship, that would have distanced the best of the British navy. However, there were serious injuries to be repaired. I therefore let her start for Melbourne, and offered myself to you in my real character of quartermaster, volunteering to guide you to the scene of the shipwreck, which I falsely located on the eastern coast of Australia. Thus followed at a distance and sometimes preceded by my band of convicts, I conducted your party across the province of Victoria. My companions committed a useless crime at Camden Bridge, since the Duncan, once at Twofold Bay, could not have escaped me, and with it I should have been master of the ocean. I brought you thus unsuspectingly as far as the Snowy River. The horses and oxen fell dead one by one, poisoned by the gastrolobium. I entangled the cart in the marshes. At my suggestion----but you know the rest, my lord, and can be certain that, except for Mr. Paganel's absent-mindedness, I should now be commander on board the Duncan. Such is my story, gentlemen. My disclosures, unfortunately, cannot set you on the track of Captain Grant, and you see that in dealing with me you have made a bad bargain."
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It was the 8th of April, 1862, then, that you were landed on the west coast of Australia?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Exactly,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And do you know what Captain Grant's plans were then?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Vaguely."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Continue, Ayrton, said Glenarvan."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "The least sign may set us on the track."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What I can say is this, my lord. Captain Grant intended to visit New Zealand. But this part of his programme was not carried out while I was on board. The Britannia might, therefore, after leaving Callao, have gained the shores of New Zealand. This would agree with the date, June 27, 1862, given in the document as the time of the shipwreck."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Evidently,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "But, added Glenarvan,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "That I cannot answer,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, Ayrton, continued Glenarvan,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Oh, it matters little to me,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Return to your cabin now, and await our decision."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "This villain might have been a great man,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, replied Glenarvan."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "He has a strong and self-reliant character. Why must his abilities be devoted to crime?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "But Harry Grant?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I fear that he is forever lost! Poor children! who could tell them where their father is?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I!"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You, Paganel! he exclaimed;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "As well as can be known,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And how do you know?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "By that everlasting document."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Ah!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Listen first, MacNabb, and shrug your shoulders afterwards. I did not speak before, because you would not have believed me. Besides, it was useless. But if I speak to-day, it is because Ayrton's opinion corroborates mine."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Then New Zealand----?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Hear and judge, replied Paganel."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I did not commit the blunder that saved us, without reason. Just as I was writing that letter at Glenarvan's dictation, the word Zealand was troubling my brain. You remember that we were in the cart. MacNabb had just told Lady Helena the story of the convicts, and had handed her the copy of the _Australian and New Zealand Gazette_ that gave an account of the accident at Camden Bridge. As I was writing, the paper lay on the ground, folded so that only two syllables of its title could be seen, and these were _aland_. What a light broke in upon my mind! 'Aland' was one of the very words in the English document,--a word that we had hitherto translated _ashore_, but which was the termination of the proper name Zealand."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Ha!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, continued Paganel, with profound conviction,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Ho! ho! laughed the major,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, major, I am ready to answer you."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Then what becomes of your word _austral_?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It is what it was at first. It simply means the southern (_australes_) countries."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Very well. But that word _indi_, that was first the root of Indians (_indiens_), and then of natives (_indigènes_)?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The third and last time, it shall be the first two syllables of the word _indigence_ (destitution)."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "And _contin_! cried MacNabb;"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No, since New Zealand is only an island."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Then?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "My dear lord, replied Paganel,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I will translate the document for you, according to my third interpretation, and you shall judge. I only make two suggestions. First, forget as far as possible the previous interpretations; and next, although certain passages will seem to you forced, and I may translate them wrongly, still, remember that they have no special importance. Moreover, the French document serves as the basis of my interpretation, and you must consider that it was written by an Englishman who could not have been perfectly familiar with the idioms of our language."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "On the 27th of June, 1862, the brig Britannia, of Glasgow, foundered, after a long struggle (_agonie_), in the South (_australes_) Seas, on the coasts of New Ze_aland_. Two sailors and Captain Grant succeeded in landing (_abor_der). Here, continually (_contin_uellement) a prey (_pr_oie) to a cruel (_cruel_le) destitution (_indi_gence), they cast this document into the sea, at longitude ---- and latitude 37° 11'. Come to their assistance, or they are lost."
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Now, Paganel, said Glenarvan,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Because I did not wish to give you vain hopes. Besides, we were going to Auckland, which is on the very latitude of the document."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "But afterwards, when we were taken out of our course, why did you not speak?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Because, however just this interpretation may be, it cannot contribute to the captain's rescue."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Why, Paganel?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Because, admitting that Captain Grant was wrecked on the coast of New Zealand, as long as he has not made his appearance for two years since the disaster, he must have fallen a victim to the sea or the savages."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Then your opinion is----?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "That we might perhaps find some traces of the shipwreck, but that the seamen of the Britannia have perished."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Keep all this silent, my friends, replied Glenarvan,"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Is that a volcano?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I do not know what to think, replied the geographer."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Maria Theresa is a point little known. However, I should not be surprised if its origin was due to some volcanic upheaval."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "But then, said Glenarvan,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That is scarcely probable, answered Paganel."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Its existence has been known for several centuries; and this seems a guarantee for its continuance."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, continued Glenarvan,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No, certainly not. I ought not to endanger the Duncan in the darkness, on a coast that is not familiar to me. I will keep a short distance from land, and to-morrow at daybreak we will send a boat ashore."
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That would seem to indicate a volcano,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "However, replied Captain Mangles,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Indeed, observed Paganel,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You are right, continued Captain Mangles;"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "cried he,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Is the island inhabited?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Evidently, by savages,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Then we cannot abandon the quartermaster here."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No, said the major;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We will seek some other deserted island, resumed Glenarvan, who could not help smiling at MacNabb's delicacy."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I promised Ayrton his life, and I will keep my promise."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "At all events, let us beware, added Paganel."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The New Zealanders have the barbarous custom of misleading ships by moving fires. The natives of Maria Theresa may understand this deception."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Bear away a point, cried the captain to the sailor at the helm."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "To-morrow, at sunrise, we shall know what is to be done."
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Mary, said he,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Dear Robert!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I must tell you one thing, continued he."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You will not be sorry, Mary?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Why should I be sorry, my child?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "And you will let me do as I wish?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What do you mean?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "My sister, I shall be a sailor----!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And leave me?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, sister, I shall be a sailor, like my father, and like Captain John. Mary, my dear Mary, he has not lost all hope! You will have, like me, confidence in his devotion. He has promised that he will make me a thorough and efficient sailor, and we shall seek our father together. Say that you are willing, sister. What our father would have done for us it is our duty, or mine at least, to do for him. My life has but one object, to which it is wholly devoted,--to search always for him who would never have abandoned either of us. Dear Mary, how good our father was!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And so noble, so generous! added Mary."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Do you know, Robert, that he was already one of the glories of our country, and would have ranked among its great men if fate had not arrested his course?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "How well I know it!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Mary! Mary! cried he,"
}
]
|
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