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Actually, no doubt, it was nothing more than a result of overstrung nerves. ACTUALLY NO DOUBT IT WAS NOTHING MORE THAN A RESULT OF OVERSTRUNG NERVES
 metal outlines; the sea became as oil. The whole scene lay as though held motionless by some huge weight in the air; and the flames from our fire—the largest we had ever made—rose upwards, straight as a church steeple. As I followed the rest of our party tent-wards, having kicked the embers of the fire into safety, the advance guard of the fog was creeping slowly among the trees, like white arms feeling their way. Mingled with the smoke was the odour of moss and soil and bark, and the peculiar flavour of the Baltic, half salt, half brackish, like the smell of an estuary at low water. It is difficult to say why it seemed to me that this deep stillness masked an intense activity; perhaps in every mood lies the suggestion of its opposite, so that I became aware of the contrast of furious energy, for it was like moving through the deep pause before a thunderstorm, and I trod gently lest by breaking a twig or moving a stone I might set the whole scene into some sort of tumultuous movement. FIRS STOOD LIKE FLAT METAL OUTLINES THE SEA BECAME AS OIL THE WHOLE SCENE LAY AS THOUGH HELD MOTIONLESS BY SOME HUGE WEIGHT IN THE AIR AND THE FLAMES FROM OUR FIRE THE LARGEST WE HAD EVER MADE ROSE UPWARDS STRAIGHT AS A CHURCH STEEPLE AS I FOLLOWED THE REST OF OUR PARTY TENT WORDS HAVING KICKED THE EMBERS OF THE FIRE INTO SAFETY THE ADVANCE GUARD OF THE FOG WAS CREEPING SLOWLY AMONG THE TREES LIKE WHITE ARMS FEELING THEIR WAY MINGLED WITH THE SMOKE WAS THE ODOUR OF MOSS AND SOIL AND BARK AND THE PECULIAR FLAVOUR OF THE BALTIC HALF SALT HALF BRACKISH LIKE THE SMELL OF AN ESTUARY AT LOW WATER IT IS DIFFICULT TO SAY WHY IT SEEMED TO ME THAT THIS DEEP STILLNESS MASKED AN INTENSE ACTIVITY PERHAPS IN EVERY MOOD LIES THE SUGGESTION OF ITS OPPOSITE SO THAT I BECAME AWARE OF THE CONTRAST OF FURIOUS ENERGY FOR IT WAS LIKE MOVING THROUGH THE DEEP PAWS BEFORE A THUNDERSTORM AND I TROD GENTLY LEST BY BREAKING A TWIG OR MOVING A STONE I MIGHT SET THE WHOLE SCENE INTO SOME SORT OF TUMULTUOUS MOVEMENT
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