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Dawn was just breaking, and a chill wind blew in from the sea. Heavy black clouds drove low overhead. DAWN WAS JUST BREAKING AND A CHILL WIND BLEW IN FROM THE SEA HEAVY BLACK CLOUDS DROVE LOW OVERHEAD
on't think father has heard it either, then?" "No. He would have told me if he had." This seemed to relieve her mind a little. "I know mother hasn't," she added, as if speaking to herself, "for she hears nothing—ever." It was two nights after this conversation that I woke out of deep sleep and heard sounds of screaming. The voice was really horrible, breaking the peace and silence with its shrill clamour. In less than ten seconds I was half dressed and out of my tent. The screaming had stopped abruptly, but I knew the general direction, and ran as fast as the darkness would allow over to the women's quarters, and on getting close I heard sounds of suppressed weeping. It was Joan's voice. And just as I came up I saw Mrs. Maloney, marvellously attired, fumbling with a lantern. Other voices became audible in the same moment behind me, and Timothy Maloney arrived, breathless, less than half dressed, and carrying another lantern that had gone out on the way from being banged against a tree. AS MY UNSYMPATHETIC RESPONSE AND YOU DON'T THINK FATHER HAS HURT IT EITHER THEN NO HE WOULD HAVE TOLD ME IF HE HAD THIS SEEMED TO RELIEVE HER MIND A LITTLE NO MOTHER HASN'T SHE ADDED AS IF SPEAKING TO HERSELF FOR SHE HEARS NOTHING EVER IT WAS TWO NIGHTS AFTER THIS CONVERSATION THAT I WOKE OUT OF DEEP SLEEP AND HEARD SOUNDS OF SCREAMING THE VOICE WAS REALLY HORRIBLE BREAKING THE PIECE IN SILENCE WITH ITS SHRILL CLAMOUR IN LESS THAN TEN SECONDS I WAS HALF DRESSED AND OUT OF MY TENT THE SCREAMING HAD STOPPED ABRUPTLY BUT I KNEW THE GENERAL DIRECTION AND RAN AS FAST AS THE DARKNESS WOULD ALLOW OVER TO THE WOMEN'S QUARTERS AND ON GETTING CLOSE I HEARD SOUNDS OF SUPPRESSED WEEPING IT WAS JOAN'S VOICE AND JUST AS I CAME UP I SAW MISSUS MALONEY MARVELOUSLY ATTIRED FUMBLING WITH A LANTERN OTHER VOICES BECAME AUDIBLE IN THE SAME MOMENT BEHIND ME AND TIMOTHY MALONEY ARRIVED BREATHLESS LESS THAN HALF DRESSED AND CARRYING ANOTHER LANTERN THAT HAD GONE OUT ON THE WAY FROM BEING BANGED AGAINST A TREE
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