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TheChildrenof Captain Grant   New Zealand CHAPTER I F ever the searchers after Captain Grant were tempted to I despair, surely it was at this moment when all their hopes were destroy ed at a blow . Toward what quarter of the world should they direct their endeavors ?How were they to explore new countries ?The DUNCAN was no longer available, and even an immediate return to their own land was out of the question .Thus the enterprise of these generous Scots had failed !Failed !a de- spairing word that finds no echo in a brave soul ; and yet under the repeated blows of adverse fate, Glenarvan himself was compelled to acknowledge his inability to prosecute his devoted efforts . Mary Grant at this crisis nerved herself to the resolution nev- er to utter the name of her father . She suppressed her own an- guish, when she thought of the unfortunate crew who had per- ished .The daughter was merged in the friend, and she now took upon her to console Lady Glenarvan, who till now had been her 2 格兰特船长的儿女   新 西 兰 第 一章 说寻找格兰特船长的人们注 定是要绝望 的,现在,他们 已经走投无路了, 不也正是该绝 望了吗 ? 大地茫茫,到哪儿去再作一次探 险旅 行 ? 又有什么办法可 以实现这样的旅行呢 ? 邓 肯号没有了,连想立 即回国都不可 能 ! 那些好 心肠的苏格兰人 的这番壮举就这样遭 到 了失 败 。失败,对于有点毅力 的人来说是不堪入耳 的,然而爵士被恶运捉弄够 了,他不得不承认, 再继续这种救人的事业,他也无能为力了。 玛丽小姐在这种情况下, 只好不再提起她 的父亲,尽管她极不情愿,她悲痛地想起了那一 队不幸的船员。过去是海伦夫人安慰她,现在 3 TheChildrenof Captain Grant   faithful comforter .She was the first to speak of returning to Scot- land .Joh