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It was the period when they were always on the watch for one or the other of the specialists employed about the place; always lying in wait for them, and dashing out at them with questions, reproach, or reminders. And certainly in the distance the gray figure had looked like Peters. IT WAS THE PERIOD WHEN THEY WERE ALWAYS ON THE WATCH FOR ONE OR THE OTHER OF THE SPECIALISTS EMPLOYED ABOUT THE PLACE ALWAYS LYING IN WAIT FOR THEM AND RUSHING OUT AT THEM WITH QUESTIONS REPROACHES OR REMINDERS AND CERTAINLY IN THE DISTANCE THE GRAY FIGURE HAD LOOKED LIKE PETER'S
the stable-drains, but he had disappeared before I could get down." "Disappeared? Why, he seemed to be walking so slowly when we saw him." Boyne shrugged his shoulders. "So I thought; but he must have got up steam in the interval. What do you say to our trying a scramble up Meldon Steep before sunset?" That was all. At the time the occurrence had been less than nothing, had, indeed, been immediately obliterated by the magic of their first vision from Meldon Steep, a height which they had dreamed of climbing ever since they had first seen its bare spine heaving itself above the low roof of Lyng. Doubtless it was the mere fact of the other incident's having occurred on the very day of their ascent to Meldon that had kept it stored away in the unconscious fold of association from which it now emerged; for in itself it had no mark of the portentous. At the moment there could have been nothing more natural than that Ned should dash himself from the roof in the pursuit of dilatory tradesmen. HT I SAW PETER AS I DASHED AFTER HIM TO SAY A WORD ABOUT THE STABLE DRAINS BUT HE HAD DISAPPEARED BEFORE I COULD GET DOWN DISAPPEARED BUT HE SEEMED TO BE WALKING SO SLOWLY WHEN WE SAW HIM BOYNE SHRUGGED HIS SHOULDERS SO I THOUGHT BUT HE MUST HAVE GOT UP STEAM IN THE INTERVAL WHAT DO YOU SAY TO OUR TRYING A SCRAMBLE UP MELDON STEEP BEFORE SUNSET THAT WAS ALL AT THE TIME THE OCCURRENCE HAD BEEN LESS THAN NOTHING HAD INDEED BEEN IMMEDIATELY OBLITERATED BY THE MAGIC OF THEIR FIRST VISION FROM MELTON STEEP A HEIGHT WHICH THEY HAD DREAMED OF CLIMBING EVER SINCE THEY HAD FIRST SEEN ITS BARE SPINE RISING ABOVE THE ROOF OF LINE DOUBTLESS IT WAS THE MERE FACT OF THE OTHER INCIDENTS HAVING OCCURRED ON THE VERY DAY OF THEIR ASCENT TO MELTON THAT HAD KEPT IT STORED AWAY IN THE FOLD OF MEMORY FROM WHICH IT NOW EMERGED FOR IN ITSELF IT HAD NO MARK OF THE PORTENTOUS AT THE MOMENT THERE COULD HAVE BEEN NOTHING MORE NATURAL THAN THAT NED SHOULD DASH HIMSELF FROM THE ROOF IN PURSUIT OF DILATORY TRADESMEN
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