Captain Ami seems to have fully carried out his contract made with Harry Goodall and Captain Link on board the Retriever, and at the same time was the means of bringing Miss Dove and her companion under the protective escort of their respective lovers.
Before the party broke up, the squire announced, amidst general congratulations, that, ere many weeks would be over their heads, two weddings would be solemnised in the village church of Wedwell, namely that of Mr Harry Goodall with Miss Dove, and of Captain Link with Miss Chain, and with full consent of the parties’ respective parents. And he added that he believed that it was an open secret that wedding bells would ring in congratulations of others known to them, whose loyalty and bravery entitled them to win hearts true as their own. All reference to the fates, sad, though richly deserved, of Falcon and Croft was carefully avoided, so that no discordant note might tend to mar the harmony of the gathering.
However, the reader may be interested to know that Falcon’s fall resulted in incurable paralysis, while Croft took his own life by deliberately jumping overboard during a gale of wind, and previous to the Retriever falling in with the Panther; though the ship was brought to, and the most careful search was made, no trace of him was discovered, so there can be little doubt as to his fate.
THE END
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