tly this could only be a delusion; unless, indeed, some one
had got into my cabin: the door was locked.

"Pym!" the voice repeated. "Poor Pym must never be
forgotten."

This time the words were spoken close to my ear. What was the
meaning of the injunction, and why was it addressed to me? And
besides, had not Pym, after his return to America, met with a sudden
and deplorable death, the circumstances or the details being unknown?

I began to doubt whether I was in my right mind, and shook myself
into complete wakefulness, recognizing that I had been disturbed by
an extremely vivid dream due to some cerebral cause.

I turned out of my berth, and, pushing back the shutter, looked out
of my cabin. No one aft on the deck, except Hunt, who was at the
helm.

I had nothing to do but to lie down again, and this I did. It seemed
to me that the name of Arthur Pym was repeated in my hearing several
times; nevertheless, I fell asleep and did not wake until morning,
when I retained only a vague impression of this occurrence, which
soon faded away. No other incident at that period of our voyage
calls for notice. Nothing particular occurred on board our schooner.
The breeze from the north, which had forsaken us, did not recur, and
only the current carried the _Halbrane_ towards the south. This caused
a delay unbearable to our impatience.

At last, on the 21st, the usual observation gave 82 deg. 50' of
latitude, and 42 deg. 20' of west longitude. Bennet Islet, if it had
any existence, could not be far off now.

Yes! the islet did exist, and its bearings were those indicated by
Arthur Pym.

At six o'clock in the evening one of the crew cried out that there
was land ahead on the port side.

(1) The legendary etymology of this piscatorial designation is
_Janitore_, the "door-keeper," in allusion to St. Peter, who
brought a fish said to be of that species, to our Lord at His
command.

CHAPTER XV.
BENNET ISLET.

The _Halbrane_ was then within sight of Bennet Islet! The crew
urgently needed rest, so the disembarkation was deferred until the
following day, and I went back to my cabin.

The night passed without disturbance, and when day came not a craft
of any kind was visible on the waters, not a native on the beach.
There were no huts upon the coast, no smoke arose in the distance to
indicate that Bennet Islet was inhabited. But William Guy had not
found any trace of human beings there, and what I saw of the islet
ans