The "Duncan," as has been said, was Lord Glenarvan's yacht, which had left Ayrton on the islet, and which was to return there someday to fetch him.
Olvasóink bizonyára nem feledték még el, hogy a Duncan Glenarvan lord jachtja volt: ez tette ki Ayrtont a Tabor-szigetre, s ennek kellett egy napon visszatérnie a száműzöttért.