Chapter 29 Chapter 14 The end of the trip

The freighter Victoria leaves the Dominica for Liverpool.The skiff of the Ingenuity was three hundred and fifty miles from the Antilles when the watch's watchmen spotted it. Captain John Davies was soon informed, and immediately ordered the boat to be sailed.Is it an abandoned ship?Did it carry the survivors of the shipwreck on it? ... When Louis Clodiron uttered a cry of "ship," Will Meads and two or three others stood up and pointed their arms at the large visible ship. So the strongest men got their drive back, and the captain of the Victoria didn't need to send a boat to meet them, with Val Meads and Louis Clodijon rowing hard, Tony Raynor at the helm, and the boat They hurried to the side of the cargo ship, and they dropped a cable and lowered the gangway. Five minutes later, all the passengers of the Spirit boarded the Victoria. take care of.

That's how Mr. Horatio Pattenson and the students of Antilles Secondary School, recipients of Mrs. Karen Seymour's scholarship, were rescued.And then there's the brave Will Miz, to whom everyone owes their rescue. Louis Clodiron recounts what has happened since leaving Barbados, the captain of the Victoria understands the circumstances of their maiden voyage, and how the Spirit fell into Harry Markle and his family. at the hands of their associates, how they then went on an adventure tour of the Antilles, how Will Miz later discovered the intentions of the villains, how the young students and he had to flee from the burning boat, And what efforts they have made in the last few days in the boat.It is thought that by this time the Spirit had traveled two-thirds of the way back.In fact, the Ghost has sunk into the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean together with the fugitives from Queenston Prison and the robbers on the Helifa!

At this time, Louis Clodiron expressed his gratitude to the brave and strong Will Miz for everything he had done for them on behalf of all the students in an extremely excited voice. Everyone hugged him tightly and expressed joy and gratitude. tears. The Victoria was a collier of twenty-five hundred tons.After unloading the coal at Dominica, they are now heading back to Liverpool lightly.The students on the Ingenuity would therefore be taken straight back to England, and since the Victoria could easily hit fifteen knots, the return of Mr Pattenson and the young fellows would not be delayed by a week.

Needless to say, from the very first day, because of the excellent care they had received, none of them felt exhausted or frightened by the horrific experience they had endured.It's all gone from their memory, and they should be content, happy.All the disasters they had suffered on the return voyage, all the sufferings they had endured in the little boats drifting in the Atlantic were over. As for Mr. Pattenson, he had concluded a long and interesting conversation with the captain of the Victoria.Interspersed with descriptions of two monsters, Harry Markle and the Cave Snake of Martinique, he concludes:

"Captain, take strict precautions at the outset of your journey. Always right! ... Sauve mari magno. It's gentle, as Lukis said, it's gentle, but when the sea starts to rough , think of my duties!... What would happen if I disappeared in the depths of the ocean?... If I could not return to port... If for many years, people had no Antilles high school General affairs news?... Mrs. Pattenson will definitely do as I have arranged for her... But, thank God, I will be back on time, and there will be no more arrangements for wills!  … . . . Finis coronat opus!" The captain of the Victoria probably didn't understand what Pattenson was saying to him, whether it was in Latin or in his own language, and about Mrs. Pattenson, but he didn't force it, just congratulated His new passenger has overcome so many disasters.

Everyone saw that Mr. Pattenson had returned to normal, and his thinking was active.He thought again of the famous Latin quote that had not yet been translated.Besides, Tony Leno didn't intend to let him go.The next day, in front of all the students, he asked: "Hey, Mr. Pattenson, how do you translate that passage?..." "That Latin phrase of yours?" "yes." "Lrtorum rosam angelum?..." "No...no..." Tony Leno corrected, "rosam angelam letorum." "Does the order of the words matter?" "Of course, it's important, Mr. Pattenson!"

"It's fun!" "Yes... have you figured it out yet?" "I don't think it makes any sense..." "Wrong! Indeed, I forgot to tell you that this sentence can only be translated into French..." "Then can you tell me?..." "Okay... when we see the English coast!" In the days that followed, Mr. Pattenson turned these really incomprehensible words upside down, but in vain!How could he be at a loss as a Latin scholar! So it made him very irritable, even annoyed, until the shout of "land" sounded from the ship, and he couldn't wait to urge Tony Raynor to explain it to him.

"It couldn't be easier," replied the playful young man from Antilles High School. "what is that?" "Rosam angelum letorum means exactly in French: roses eat rum omelette!" Mr. Pattenson didn't understand at first, but when he suddenly understood, he jumped up suddenly as if he had been electrocuted, and covered his face in displeasure. In short, after a fortunate voyage, the Victoria entered the St. George's Canal on October 22nd, and was anchored by the bridge at Liverpool Dock that night. Telegrams were immediately sent to the homes of the principal of the Antilles High School and the young boarders, informing them that they had returned.

Since that night, major newspapers have reported in detail what happened on the Spirit, and described the circumstances under which Mr. Horatio Pattenson and the award-winning students returned to England. This incident caused a great sensation.When people knew the details of this tragedy, everyone was very excited.The tragedy began with the tragic murder of Captain Paxson and his crew in Cork Bay and ended with the drowning of Harry Markle and his crew in the depths of the ocean. At the same time, Mrs. Karen Seymour learned the whole story through Mr. Adler's letter.We can easily imagine how touched this kind and generous lady was! . . . What would have happened if she hadn't thought of taking Will Miz aboard the Spirit! ... how grateful she was to the brave sailor!Today he was a hero, and now Will Miz had only to wait in Liverpool to board the "Alissa Warden" to be his first mate.

Mr. Pattenson reiterated his heartfelt thanks to the Captain of the Victoria for his commendable conduct.He and the boarders then boarded the train for the night and returned to Antilles Secondary School the next day. On this day, the vacation is over, think how warmly the traveler will be greeted after so many twists and turns on such a trip!We should let everyone know what happened in detail.Of course, you're going to be talking about this for a long time, maybe forever, in class.Although the students on the Ingenuity have endured so much to survive, there will be many students who regret that they did not have the experience.There is no doubt that if there were another contest for travel funds, there would be a lot of enthusiasm.

It is believed that there will never be another group of pirates hijacking a ship transporting award-winning students. And yet, these terrific youngsters are eager to be reunited with their families, and their parents are eagerly awaiting their return, wondering what caused them to almost lose their loved ones forever. In addition to Huber Perkins, whose parents lived in Antigua, and Roger Hinsdale, whose family lived in London, John Howard, Louis Clodiron, Tony Reynolds, Niels Alber , Axel Wickburn, Albertus Löwen and Magnu Anders immediately left for Manchester, Paris, Nantes, Copenhagen, Rotterdam and Gothenburg, hoping to return to the Antilles Before middle school, I can live at home for a few days. The story would not be quite over without a final account of Mr. Horatio Pattenson. Needless to say, how touching the scene was when the Pattensons hugged each other!Mrs. Pattenson could not have imagined that her husband, a well-ordered, slow-moving man who had never had to deal with any troubles or accidents in his life, could have survived such dangers, said the remarkable man, He no longer dreaded any calamity of the voyage, from which he was perhaps not so fortunate to escape, non bis in idem, Mrs Pattenson embraced this axiom (principle) of jurisprudence graciously. When Mr. Pattenson put the seven hundred pounds prize money he had received in Barbados into his wife's hands, he expressed great regret for not bringing back the cave snake.The snake is now at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean.What an effect this snake would have had if it had been placed in the drawing room of the General Office, or at least in the Natural History Museum of the High School of the Antilles! At this point Mr Pattenson added: "The only thing left for us to do now is to inform the Reverend Father Van Burke of Oxford Street Church..." Mrs. Pattenson couldn't help laughing, and just said: "My dear sir, it is useless." "How could it be useless!" Pattenson exclaimed in surprise. It turned out that there was a small episode in the middle. Excessive caution and the overseer of the Antilles High School, who was prone to extremes in all matters and prudence, felt that his will was not enough to settle the funeral, and thought of divorce before leaving.That way, in case he never heard from him, even if he never returned, Mrs. Pattenson wouldn't have to be in the wretched situation that wives of great travelers are, waiting year after year to be free to remarry.Mr. Pattenson could not conceive of his estate being arranged immediately in his absence, without the step-by-step process that some things do, nor could he imagine that the closest companion in his life could not act as a widow who was faithful and devoted to her husband. to arrange his life and command his small fortune in return for his beloved. If Pattenson's idea is so deep-rooted that no one can think of reasons to refute him, then the honorable Mrs. Pattenson has her own firm code of conduct, and even in this case she will never agree to a divorce.The headmaster of the High School of the Antilles is stubborn and absent-minded at the same time, as you have already learned from the whole narrative.Mrs. Pattenson took advantage of his weakness and arranged all this according to her own wishes.She made an agreement with a lawyer and longtime friend, a counselor at a secondary school in the Antilles, and two couples, ostensibly to follow all the steps.However, this practice must have disturbed Pattenson, but Mrs. Pattenson had expected her husband to be unaware of the matter. "No, Mr. Pattenson, I did not sign it... We will never be separated by divorce... Our engagement was and always will be..." Pattenson gently hugged his wife into his arms and replied, "Ne varietyur!"