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Rh understanding refused to comprehend such incredible, unheard-of, fabulous events. But his son came in.

"Father!" cried Maximilian, "how could you say the Pharaon was lost? The watch-tower has signaled her, and they say she is now coming into port."

"My dear friends!" said Morrel, "if this were so, it must be a miracle of Heaven! Impossible! impossible!"

But what was real and not less incredible was the purse he held, in his hand, the acceptance receipted—the splendid diamond. "An! sir," exclaimed Cocles, "what can it mean?—the Pharaon?"