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Of course she should have roused the children at once; not merely because of the unknown that was stalking toward them, but because it was no longer good for them to sleep on a rock grown chilly. OF COURSE SHE SHOULD HAVE ROUSED THE CHILDREN AT ONCE NOT MERELY BECAUSE OF THE UNKNOWN THAT WAS STALKING TOWARD THEM BUT BECAUSE IT WAS NO LONGER GOOD FOR THEM TO SLEEP ON A ROCK GROWN CHILLY
was not much larger than their great bed, but of course they all knew how not to take up much room, and they were dozing, or at least lying with their eyes shut, and pinching occasionally when they thought Wendy was not looking. She was very busy, stitching. While she stitched a change came to the lagoon. Little shivers ran over it, and the sun went away and shadows stole across the water, turning it cold. Wendy could no longer see to thread her needle, and when she looked up, the lagoon that had always hitherto been such a laughing place seemed formidable and unfriendly. It was not, she knew, that night had come, but something as dark as night had come. No, worse than that. It had not come, but it had sent that shiver through the sea to say that it was coming. What was it? There crowded upon her all the stories she had been told of Marooners' Rock, so called because evil captains put sailors on it and leave them there to drown. They drown when the tide rises, for then it is submerged. L ON THE MAROONERS ROCK THE ROCK WAS NOT MUCH LARGER THAN THEIR GREAT BED BUT OF COURSE THEY ALL KNEW HOW NOT TO TAKE UP MUCH ROOM AND THEY WERE DOZING OR AT LEAST LYING WITH THEIR EYES SHUT AND PINCHING OCCASIONALLY WHEN THEY THOUGHT WENDY WAS NOT LOOKING SHE WAS VERY BUSY STITCHING WHILE SHE STITCHED A CHANGE CAME TO THE LAGOON LITTLE SHIVERS RAN OVER IT AND THE SUN WENT AWAY AND SHADOWS STOLE ACROSS THE WATER TURNING IT COLD WENDY COULD NO LONGER SEE TO THREAT HER NEEDLE AND WHEN SHE LOOKED UP THE LAGOON THAT HAD ALWAYS HITHERTO BEEN SUCH A LAUGHING PLACE SEEMED FORMIDABLE AND UNFRIENDLY IT WAS NOT SHE KNEW THAT NIGHT HAD COME BUT SOMETHING AS DARK AS NIGHT HAD COME NO WORSE THAN THAT IT HAD NOT COME BUT IT HAD SENT A SHIVER THROUGH THE SEA TO SAY THAT IT WAS COMING WHAT WAS IT THERE CROWDED UPON HER ALL THE STORY SHE HAD BEEN TOLD OF MAROONA'S ROCK SO CALLED BECAUSE EVIL CAPTAINS PUT SAILORS ON IT AND LEAVE THEM THERE TO DROWN THEY DROWN WHEN THE TIDE RISES FOR THEN IT IS SUBMERGED
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