In Search of the Castaways Book One Chapter VII - Jacques Paganel is undeceived

In which Monsieur Jacques Paganel, the ever-learned yet absent-minded Secretary of the Geographical Society, discovers with dismay that he has boarded the wrong vessel bound not for India but for the distant shores of Chile. Despite his initial vexation, he graciously accepts his unexpected detour, joining the company aboard the Duncan with good humour and lively conversation, while learning of their noble quest to search for shipwrecked mariners.