CHAPTER 6

Pencroft’s halloos—A night in the Chimneys—Herbert's arrows—The captain’s project—An unexpected explanation—What has happened in Granite House—How a new servant enters the service of the colonists. Cyrus Harding stood still, without saying a word. His companions searched in the darkness on the wall, in case the wind should have moved the ladder, and on the ground, thinking that it might have fallen down. . . . But the ladder had quite disappeared. As to ascertaining if a squall had blown it on the la…