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How much he knew beforehand by his strange divining powers, it is impossible to say, but from the moment he came upon the scene and caught within himself the note of what was going on amongst us, he undoubtedly held the true solution of the puzzle and had no need to ask questions. HOW MUCH HE KNEW BEFOREHAND BY HIS STRANGE DIVINING POWERS IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO SAY BUT FROM THE MOMENT HE CAME UPON THE SCENE AND CAUGHT WITHIN HIMSELF THE NOTE OF WHAT WAS GOING ON AMONGST US HE UNDOUBTEDLY HELD THE TRUE SOLUTION OF THE PUZZLE AND HAD NO NEED TO ASK QUESTIONS
was like the effect produced by calling in some big doctor, some great arbiter of life and death, for consultation. The sense of gravity increased a hundredfold. Even inanimate objects took upon themselves a subtle alteration, for the setting of the adventure—this deserted bit of sea with its hundreds of uninhabited islands—somehow turned sombre. An element that was mysterious, and in a sense disheartening, crept unbidden into the severity of grey rock and dark pine forest and took the sparkle from the sunshine and the sea. I, at least, was keenly aware of the change, for my whole being shifted, as it were, a degree higher, becoming keyed up and alert. The figures from the background of the stage moved forward a little into the light—nearer to the inevitable action. In a word this man's arrival intensified the whole affair. And, looking back down the years to the time when all this happened, it is clear to me that he had a pretty sharp idea of the meaning of it from the very beginning. T FOOT ON THAT ISLAND IT WAS LIKE THE EFFECT PRODUCED BY CALLING IN SOME BIG DOCTOR SOME GREAT ARBITER OF LIFE AND DEATH FOR CONSULTATION THE SENSE OF GRAVITY INCREASED A HUNDREDFOLD EVEN INANIMATE OBJECTS TOOK UPON THEMSELVES A SUBTLE ALTERATION FOR THE SETTING OF THE ADVENTURE THIS DESERTED BIT OF SEA WITH ITS HUNDREDS OF UNINHABITED ISLANDS SOMEHOW TURNED SOMBRE AN ELEMENT THAT WAS MYSTERIOUS AND IN A SENSE DISHEARTENING CREPT UNBIDDEN INTO THE SEVERITY OF GREY ROCK AND DARK PINE FOREST AND TOOK THE SPARKLE FROM THE SUNSHINE AND THE SEA I AT LEAST WAS KEENLY AWARE OF THE CHANGE FOR MY WHOLE BEING SHIFTED AS IT WERE A DEGREE HIGHER BECOMING KEYED UP AND ALERT FIGURES FROM THE BACKGROUND OF THE STAGE MOVED FORWARD A LITTLE INTO THE LIGHT NEARER TO THE INEVITABLE ACTION IN A WORD THIS MAN'S ARRIVAL INTENSIFIED THE WHOLE AFFAIR AND LOOKING BACK DOWN THE YEARS TO THE TIME WHEN ALL THIS HAPPENED IT IS CLEAR TO ME THAT HE HAD A PRETTY SHARP IDEA OF THE MEANING OF IT FROM THE VERY BEGINNING
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