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There was a very long silence, while the breath in their nostrils drew cold and sharp as it might have been a fume of ether. THERE WAS A VERY LONG SILENCE WHEN THE BREATH IN THEIR NOSTRILS DREW COLD AND SHARP AS IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN A FUME OF ETHER
y Lock, beyond Hong-Kong and Java?” “Do _you_ call it that, too?” “You told me it was when I was lost in the continent. That was you that showed me the way through the mountains?” “When the islands slid? It must have been, because you’re the only one I remember. All the others were ‘Them.’ “Awful brutes they were, too.” “I remember showing you the Thirty-Mile-Ride the first time. You ride just as you used to—then. You _are_ you!” “That’s odd. I thought that of you this afternoon. Isn’t it wonderful?” “What does it all mean? Why should you and I of the millions of people in the world have this—this thing between us? What does it mean? I’m frightened.” “This!” said Georgie. The horses quickened their pace. They thought they had heard an order. “Perhaps when we die we may find out more, but it means this now.” There was no answer. What could she say? As the world went, they had known each other rather less than eight and a half hours, but the matter was one that did not concern the world. WAITING FOR YOU WHEN THE STEAMER CAME IN DO YOU AT THE LILY LOCH BEYOND HONG KONG AND JAVA DO YOU CALL IT THAT TOO YOU TOLD ME IT WAS WHEN I WAS LOST ON THE CONTINENT THAT WAS YOU THAT SHOWED ME THE WAY THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS WHEN THE ISLAND SLID IT MUST HAVE BEEN BECAUSE YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE I REMEMBER ALL THE OTHERS WERE THEM AWFUL BRUTES THEY WERE TOO I REMEMBER SHOWING YOU THE THIRTY MILE RIDE THE FIRST TIME YOU RIDE JUST AS YOU USED TO THEN YOU ARE YOU THAT'S ODD I THOUGHT THAT OF YOU THIS AFTERNOON ISN'T IT WONDERFUL WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN WHY SHOULD YOU AND I OF THE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE IN THE WORLD HAVE THIS THIS THING BETWEEN US WHAT DOES IT MEAN I'M FRIGHTENED THIS SAID GEORGIE THE HORSES QUICKENED THEIR PACE THEY THOUGHT THEY HAD HEARD AN ORDER PERHAPS WHEN WE DIE WE MAY FIND OUT MORE BUT IT MEANS THIS NOW THERE WAS NO ANSWER WHAT COULD SHE SAY AS THE WORLD WENT THEY HAD KNOWN EACH OTHER RATHER LESS THAN EIGHT AND A HALF HOURS BUT THE MATTER WAS ONE THAT DID NOT CONCERN THE WORLD
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