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Night was closing in when Erik summoned his three friends and counselors to hold a serious consultation.
"I have reflected a great deal," he said to them, "upon the circumstances which have made our voyage memorable since we left Stockholm. I have been forced to arrive at one conclusion, which is that we must expect to meet with obstacles or acc