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It had all been rehearsed before—had actually happened before, as the strange feeling sometimes has it; it seemed like the opening movement in some ominous drama, and that I knew exactly what would happen next. Something of great moment was impending. IT HAD ALL BEEN REHEARSED BEFORE HAD ACTUALLY HAPPENED BEFORE AS THE STRANGE FEELING SOME SOMETIMES HAS IT IT SEEMED LIKE THE OPENING MOVEMENT IN SOME OMINOUS DRAMA AND THAT I KNEW EXACTLY WHAT WOULD HAPPEN NEXT SOMETHING OF GREAT MOMENT WAS IMPENDING
nd in the night and take a look round—" "Or a bear!" gasped the Bo'sun's Mate, with a look so portentous that we all welcomed the laugh. But Joan did not laugh. Instead, she sprang up and called to us to follow. "There," she said, pointing to the ground by her tent on the side farthest from her mother's; "there are the marks close to my head. You can see for yourselves." We saw plainly. The moss and lichen—for earth there was hardly any—had been scratched up by paws. An animal about the size of a large dog it must have been, to judge by the marks. We stood and stared in a row. "Close to my head," repeated the girl, looking round at us. Her face, I noticed, was very pale, and her lip seemed to quiver for an instant. Then she gave a sudden gulp—and burst into a flood of tears. The whole thing had come about in the brief space of a few minutes, and with a curious sense of inevitableness, moreover, as though it had all been carefully planned from all time and nothing could have stopped it.  A DEER FOR INSTANCE MIGHT EASILY LAND IN THE NIGHT AND TAKE A LOOK ROUND OR A BEAR GASPED THE BOATSWAIN'S MATE WITH A LOOK SO PORTENTOUS THAT WE ALL WELCOMED THE LAUGH BUT JOAN DID NOT LAUGH INSTEAD SHE SPRANG UP AND CALLED US TO FOLLOW THERE SHE SAID POINTING TO THE GROUND BY HER TENT ON THE FARTHEST SIDE FROM HER MOTHER'S THERE ARE THE MARKS CLOSE TO MY HEAD YOU CAN SEE FOR YOURSELVES WE SAW PLAINLY THE MOSS AND LICHEN FOR EARTH THERE WAS HARDLY ANY HAD BEEN SCRATCHED UP BY PAWS AN ANIMAL ABOUT THE SIZE OF A LARGE DOG IT MUST HAVE BEEN TO JUDGE BY THE MARKS WE STOOD AND STARED IN A ROW CLOSE TO MY HEAD REPEATED THE GIRL LOOKING ROUND AT US HER FACE I NOTICEDED WAS VERY PALE AND HER LIP SEEMED TO QUIVER FOR AN INSTANT THEN SHE GAVE A SUDDEN GULP AND BURST INTO A FLOOD OF TEARS THE WHOLE THING HAD COME ABOUT IN THE BRIEF SPACE OF A FEW MINUTES AND WITH A CURIOUS SENSE OF INEVITABLENESS MOREOVER AS THOUGH IT HAD ALL BEEN CAREFULLY PLANNED FROM ALL TIME AND NOTHING COULD HAVE STOPPED IT
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