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CHAPTER VI. A DIVING-BELL.
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This sudden revelation that Mrs. Weldon was acquainted with the true state of things left Dick speechless. Even had he been capable of replying, she gave him no opportunity, but immediately retired2 to the side of her son. The various incidents of the march had all gradually enlightened her, and perhaps the exclamation3 of Cousin Benedict on the preceding evening had crowned them all; anyhow the brave lady now knew the worst. Dick felt, however, that she did not despair; neither would he.
He lay and longed for the dawn, when he hoped to explore the situation better, and perchance to find the watercourse which he was convinced could not be far distant. Moreover, he was extremely anxious to be out of the reach of the natives whom, it was only too likely, Negoro and Harris might be putting on their track.
But as yet no glimmer4 of daylight penetrated5 the aperture6 of the cone7, whilst the heavy rumblings, deadened as they were by the thickness of the walls, made it certain that the storm was still raging with undiminished fury. Attentively8 Dick listened, and he could distinctly hear the rain beating around the base of the ant-hill; the heavy drops splashed again as they fell, in a way altogether different to what they would upon solid ground, so that he felt sure that the adjacent land was by this time completely flooded. He was getting very drowsy9 when it suddenly occurred to him that it was not unlikely the aperture was getting blocked up with damp clay; in that case he knew that the breath of the inmates10 would quickly vitiate the internal atmosphere. He crept along the ground and had the satisfaction of finding that the clay embankment was still
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cone
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inmates
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ascertain
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overflowed
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gauging
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agility
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auger
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distinguished
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respiration
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proceeding
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naturalist
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worthy
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incapable
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unaware
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imminent
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flickered
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crouching
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considerably
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antagonists
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