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answered Torres ; `` there is only myself and nothing else ! '' `` Make yourself at home , '' said Joam Garral . That evening Torres took possession of a cabin near to that of the barber . It was not till eight o'clock that the latter returned to the raft , and gave the young mulatto an account of his exploits , and repeated , with no little vanity , that the renown of the illustrious Fragoso was increasing in the basin of the Upper Amazon . AT DAYBREAK on the morrow , the 27th of June , the cables were cast off , and the raft continued its journey down the river . An extra passenger was on board . Whence came this Torres ?