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"First—the women's tent," he said low, looking sharply at Maloney, "and if I need your help, I'll call." FIRST THE WOMEN'S TENT HE SAID LOW LOOKING SHARPLY AT MALONEY AND IF I NEED YOUR HELP I'LL CALL
ch of white driving about before the wind looked like a moving tent and it was some seconds before I discovered the one patch that held steady. Then I saw that it was shaking all over, and the sides, flapping as much as the tightness of the ropes allowed, were the cause of the booming sound we had heard. Something alive was tearing frantically about inside, banging against the stretched canvas in a way that made me think of a great moth dashing against the walls and ceiling of a room. The tent bulged and rocked. "It's trying to get out, by Jupiter!" muttered the clergyman, rising to his feet and turning to the side where the unloaded rifle lay. I sprang up too, hardly knowing what purpose was in my mind, but anxious to be prepared for anything. John Silence, however, was before us both, and his figure slipped past and blocked the doorway of the tent. And there was some quality in his voice next minute when he began to speak that brought our minds instantly to a state of calm obedience. FOG WAS SO CONFUSING THAT EVERY PATCH OF WHITE DRIVING ABOUT BEFORE THE WIND LOOKED LIKE A MOVING TENT AND IT WAS SOME SECONDS BEFORE I DISCOVERED THE ONE PATCH THAT HELD STEADY THEN I SAW IT WAS SHAKING ALL OVER AND THE SIDES FLAPPING AS MUCH AS THE TIGHTNESS OF THE ROPES ALLOWED WERE THE CAUSE OF THE BOOMING SOUND WE HEARD SOMETHING ALIVE WAS TEARING FRANTICALLY ABOUT INSIDE BANGING AGAINST THE STRETCHED CANVAS IN A WAY THAT MADE ME THINK OF A GREAT MOTH DASHING AGAINST THE WALLS AND CEILING OF A ROOM THE TENT BULGED AND ROCKED IT'S TRYING TO GET OUT BY JUPITER MUTTERED THE CLERGYMAN RISING TO HIS FEET AND TURNING TO THE SIDE WHERE UNLOADED RIFLE LAY I SPRANG UP TOO HARDLY KNOWING WHAT PURPOSE WAS IN MY MIND BUT ANXIOUS TO BE PREPARED FOR ANYTHING JOHN SILENCE HOWEVER WAS BEFORE US BOTH AND HIS FIGURE SLIPPED PAST AND BLOCKED THE DOORWAY OF THE TENT AND THERE WAS SOME QUALITY IN HIS VOICE NEXT MINUTE WHEN HE BEGAN TO SPEAK THAT BROUGHT OUR MINDS INSTANTLY TO A STATE OF CALM OBEDIENCE
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