large/1336/the_camp_of_the_dog_librivox_64kb_mp3/camp_of_the_dog_3_blackwood_cb_64kb_122
large/1336/the_camp_of_the_dog_librivox_64kb_mp3/camp_of_the_dog_3_blackwood_cb_64kb
English
1336
It was, however, in the short space between consciousness and sleep—that time when the body is low and the voices of the submerged region tell sometimes true—that the idea which had been all this while maturing reached the point of an actual decision, and I suddenly realised that I had resolved to send word to Dr. Silence. IT WAS HOWEVER IN THE SHORT SPACE BETWEEN CONSCIOUSNESS AND SLEEP THAT TIME WHEN THE BODY IS LOW AND THE VOICES OF THE SUBMERGED REGION TELL SOMETIMES TRUE THAT THE IDEA WHICH HAD BEEN ALL THIS WHILE MATURING REACHED THE POINT OF ACTUAL DECISION AND I SUDDENLY REALIZED THAT I HAD RESOLVED TO SEND WORD TO DOCTOR SILENCE
mptom that came to warn me of highly strung nerves, and it certainly was not sufficiently alarming to destroy my peace of mind. One thing, however, did come to disturb my peace, for just as I finally made ready to go, and had kicked the embers of the fire into a last effort, I fancied I saw, peering at me round the farther end of the stockade wall, a dark and shadowy mass that might have been—that strongly resembled, in fact—the body of a large animal. Two glowing eyes shone for an instant in the middle of it. But the next second I saw that it was merely a projecting mass of moss and lichen in the wall of our stockade, and the eyes were a couple of wandering sparks from the dying ashes I had kicked. It was easy enough, too, to imagine I saw an animal moving here and there between the trees, as I picked my way stealthily to my tent. Of course, the shadows tricked me. And though it was after one o'clock, Maloney's light was still burning, for I saw his tent shining white among the pines. I THINK WAS THE ONLY SYMPTOM THAT CAME TO WARN ME OF HIGHLY STRUNG NERVES AND IT CERTAINLY WAS NOT SUFFICIENTLY ALARMING TO DESTROY MY PEACE OF MIND ONE THING HOWEVER DID COME TO DISTURB MY PEACE FOR JUST AS I FINALLY MADE READY TO GO AND HAD KICKED THE EMBERS OF THE FIRE INTO A LAST EFFORT I FANCIED I SAW PEERING AT ME ROUND THE FARTHER END OF THE STOCKADE WALL A DARK AND SHADOWY MASS THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN THAT STRONGLY RESEMBLED IN FACT THE BODY OF A LARGE ANIMAL TWO GLOWING EYES SHONE FOR AN INSTANT IN THE MIDDLE OF IT BUT THE NEXT SECOND I SAW THAT IT WAS MERELY A PROJECTING MASS OF MOSS AND LICHEN IN THE WALL OF OUR STOCKADE AND THE EYES WERE A COUPLE OF WANDERING SPARKS FROM THE DYING ASHES I HAD KICKED IT WAS EASY ENOUGH TOO TO IMAGINE I SAW AN ANIMAL MOVING HERE AND THERE BETWEEN THE TREES AS I PICKED MY WAY STEALTHILY TO MY TENT OF COURSE THE SHADOWS TRICKED ME AND THOUGH IT WAS AFTER ONE O'CLOCK MALONEY'S LIGHT WAS STILL BURNING FOR I SAW HIS TENT SHINING WHITE AMONG THE PINES
large/1336/the_camp_of_the_dog_librivox_64kb_mp3/camp_of_the_dog_3_blackwood_cb_64kb
file
download/librilight/large/1336/the_camp_of_the_dog_librivox_64kb_mp3/camp_of_the_dog_3_blackwood_cb_64kb.flac