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"It was just before dawn when the screams woke me." "The dog again?" I asked, with a curious sinking of the heart. IT WAS JUST BEFORE DAWN WHEN THE SCREAMS WOKE ME THE DOG AGAIN I ASKED WITH A CURIOUS SINKING OF THE HEART
 unusual was about, and why I was less alert than normally; for it was not till after breakfast that the silence of our little party struck me and I discovered that Joan had not yet put in an appearance. And then, in a flash, the last heaviness of sleep vanished and I saw that Maloney was white and troubled and his wife could not hold a plate without trembling. A desire to ask questions was stopped in me by a swift glance from Dr. Silence, and I suddenly understood in some vague way that they were waiting till Sangree should have gone. How this idea came to me I cannot determine, but the soundness of the intuition was soon proved, for the moment he moved off to his tent, Maloney looked up at me and began to speak in a low voice. "You slept through it all," he half whispered. "Through what?" I asked, suddenly thrilled with the knowledge that something dreadful had happened. "We didn't wake you for fear of getting the whole Camp up," he went on, meaning, by the Camp, I supposed, Sangree.  TO NOTICE THAT ANYTHING UNUSUAL WAS ABOUT AND WHY I WAS LESS ALERT THAN NORMALLY FOR IT WAS NOT TILL AFTER BREAKFAST THAT THE SILENCE OF OUR LITTLE PARTY STRUCK ME AND I DISCOVERED THAT JOAN HAD NOT YET PUT IN AN APPEARANCE AND THEN IN A FLASH THE LAST HEAVINESS OF SLEEP VANISHED AND I SAW THAT MALONEY WAS WHITE AND TROUBLED AND HIS WIFE COULD NOT HOLD A PLATE WITHOUT TREMBLING A DESIRE TO ASK QUESTIONS WAS STOPPED IN ME BY A SWIFT GLANCE FROM DOCTOR SILENCE AND I SUDDENLY UNDERSTOOD IN SOME VAGUE WAY THAT THEY WERE WAITING TILL SANGREE SHOULD HAVE GONE HOW THIS IDEA CAME TO ME I CANNOT DETERMINE BUT THE SOUNDNESS OF THE INTUITION WAS SOON PROVED FOR THE MOMENT HE MOVED OFF TO HIS TENT MALONEY LOOKED UP AT ME AND BEGAN TO SPEAK IN A LOW VOICE YOU SLEPT THROUGH IT ALL HE HALF WHISPERED THROUGH WHAT I ASKED SUDDENLY THRILLED WITH THE KNOWLEDGE THAT SOMETHING DREADFUL HAD HAPPENED WE DIDN'T WAKE YOU FOR FEAR OF GETTING THE WHOLE CAMP UP HE WENT ON MEANING BY THE CAMP I SUPPOSE TO SANGREE
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