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Suppose they were like that , would it not be a cruelty to bring them to what we call civilisation ? '' `` I think it would , '' said Stannistreet . Lestrange said nothing , but continued pacing the deck , his head bowed and his hands behind his back . One evening at sunset , Stannistreet said : `` We 're two hundred and forty miles from the island , reckoning from to-day 's reckoning at noon . We 're going all ten knots even with this breeze ; we ought to fetch the place this time to-morrow . Before that if it freshens . '' `` I am greatly disturbed , '' said Lestrange .