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But it's bad, whichever it is, and I've got my Winchester outside ready cocked, and I brought this too." He shoved a pocket Bible under my nose. At one time in his life it had been his inseparable companion. BUT IT'S BAD WHICHEVER IT IS AND I'VE GOT MY WINCHESTER OUTSIDE READY COCKED AND I BROUGHT THIS TOO HE SHOVED A POCKET BIBLE UNDER MY NOSE AT ONE TIME IN HIS LIFE IT HAD BEEN HIS INSEPARABLE COMPANION
roken only by the occasional rubbing of shoulders against the canvas as we shifted our positions, and the increasing noise of waves on the outer coast-line of the island. And over all whirred the murmur of wind sweeping the tops of the trees like a great harp, and the faint tapping on the tent as drops fell from the branches with a sharp pinging sound. We had sat for something over an hour in this way, and Maloney and I were finding it increasingly hard to keep awake, when suddenly Dr. Silence rose to his feet and peered out. The next minute he was gone. Relieved of the dominating presence, the clergyman thrust his face close into mine. "I don't much care for this waiting game," he whispered, "but Silence wouldn't hear of my sitting up with the others; he said it would prevent anything happening if I did." "He knows," I answered shortly. "No doubt in the world about that," he whispered back; "it's this 'Double' business, as he calls it, or else it's obsession as the Bible describes it. NG PERIOD OF WATCHING AND WAITING BROKEN ONLY BY THE OCCASIONAL RUBBING OF SHOULDERS AGAINST THE CANVAS AS WE SHIFTED OUR POSITIONS AND THE INCREASING NOISE OF WAVES ON THE OUTER COAST LINE OF THE ISLAND AND OVER ALL WERE THE MURMUR OF WIND SWEEPING THE TOPS OF THE TREES LIKE A GREAT HARP AND THE FAINT TAPPING ON THE TENT AS DROPS FELL FROM THE BRANCHES WITH A SHARP PINGING SOUND WE HAD SAT FOR SOMETHING OVER AN HOUR IN THIS WAY AND MALONEY AND I WERE FINDING IT INCREASINGLY HARD TO KEEP AWAKE WHEN SUDDENLY DOCTOR SILENCE ROSE TO HIS FEET AND PEERED OUT THE NEXT MINUTE HE WAS GONE RELIEVED OF THE DOMINATING PRESENCE THE CLERGYMAN THRUST HIS FACE CLOSE INTO MINE I DON'T MUCH CARE FOR THIS WAITING GAME HE WHISPERED BUT SILENCE WOULDN'T HEAR MY SITTING UP WITH THE OTHERS HE SAID IT WOULD PREVENT ANYTHING HAPPENING IF I DID HE KNOWS I ANSWERED SHORTLY NO DOUBT IN THE WORLD ABOUT THAT HE WHISPERED BACK IT'S THIS DOUBLE BUSINESS AS HE CALLS IT OR ELSE IT'S OBSESSION AS THE BIBLE DESCRIBES IT
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