In Search of the Castaways Book Three Chapter XVI - Why the "Duncan" went to New-Zealand

In which the travellers rejoin the yacht *Duncan* on the coast of New Zealand, bewildered to find its course altered by a mistaken but fateful letter directing it there, with the loyal crew and weather-worn friends reunited amidst a swirl of questions and revelations. They discover the presence of the conspirator Ayrton aboard, imprisoned under guard for inciting mutiny, setting the stage for an inevitable confrontation with the past.