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He buried his face for a ain

"As for the rest, Helene Vauquier lied," he cried violently, and

he tossed the paper to Hanaud "What do you make of it?"

Hanaud se on a ship?" he asked

"Yes; why?"

"Because every day at noon three officers take an observation to

determine the ship's position--the captain, the first officer, and

the second officer Each writes his observation down, and the

captain takes the three observations and compares the, the captain tells

him so, but he does not show his own For at tientlemen, I critcise your observations, but I

do not show you ain

"Yes," he said pleasantly "But the two questions which are most

important, which alone can lead us to the truth--how do they come

to be omitted from your list, Mr Ricardo?"

Hanaud put the question with his most serious air But Ricardo was

none the less sensible of the raillery behind the solemn manner

He flushed and made no answer

"Still," continued Hanaud, "here are undoubtedly some questions

Let us consider them! Who was the man who took a part in the