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Just at that moment one of the sailors came to inform the captain
that they were about entering the Firth of Clyde, and to ask
what were his orders.

"What are your Lordship's intentions?" said John Mangles,
addressing Lord Glenarvan.

"To get to Dunbarton as quickly as possible, John; and Lady Helena
will return to Malcolm Castle, while I go on to London and lay this
document before the Admiralty."

The sailor received orders accordingly, and went out to deliver
them to the mate.

"Now, friends," said Lord Glenarvan, "let us go on with
our investigations, for we are on the track of a great catastrophe,
and the lives of several human beings depend on our sagacity.
We must give our whole minds to the solution of this enigma."

"First of all, there are three very distinct things to be considered
in this document--the things we know, the things we may conjecture,
the things we do not know."

"What are those we know? We know that on the 7th of June