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I at once saw that there was something about her appearance that was singular and unusual, but it was only when we had moved quite close that I recognised what caused it. I AT ONCE SAW THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING ABOUT HER APPEARANCE THAT WAS SINGULAR AND UNUSUAL BUT IT WAS ONLY WHEN WE HAD MOVED QUITE CLOSE THAT I RECOGNIZED WHAT CAUSED IT
t the tent and body. "Now it cannot return till I permit it," he said, and the next second was off at full speed into the woods, with myself close behind him. I had already had some experience of my companion's ability to run swiftly through a dense wood, and I now had the further proof of his power almost to see in the dark. For, once we left the open space about the tents, the trees seemed to absorb all the remaining vestiges of light, and I understood that special sensibility that is said to develop in the blind—the sense of obstacles. And twice as we ran we heard the sound of that dismal howling drawing nearer and nearer to the answering faint cry from the point of the island whither we were going. Then, suddenly, the trees fell away, and we emerged, hot and breathless, upon the rocky point where the granite slabs ran bare into the sea. It was like passing into the clearness of open day. And there, sharply defined against sea and sky, stood the figure of a human being. It was Joan. RECLOSED THE CIRCLE ABOUT THE TENT AND BODY NOW IT CANNOT RETURN TILL I PERMIT IT HE SAID AND THE NEXT SECOND WAS OFF AT FULL SPEED INTO THE WOODS WITH MYSELF CLOSE BEHIND HIM I HAD ALREADY HAD SOME EXPERIENCE OF MY COMPANION'S ABILITY TO RUN SWIFTLY THROUGH A DENSE WOOD AND I NOW HAD THE FURTHER PROOF OF HIS POWER ALMOST TO SEE IN THE DARK FOR ONCE WE LEFT THE OPEN SPACE ABOUT THE TENTHS THE TREES SEEMED TO ABSORB ALL THE REMAINING VESTIGES OF LIGHT AND I UNDERSTOOD THAT SPECIAL SENSIBILITY THAT IS SAID TO DEVELOP IN THE BLIND THE SENSE OF OBSTACLES AND TWICE AS WE RAN WE HEARD THE SOUND OF THAT DISMAL HOWLING DRAWING NEARER AND NEARER TO THE ANSWERING FAINT CRY FROM THE POINT OF THE ISLAND WHITHER WE WERE GOING THEN SUDDENLY THE TREES FELL AWAY AND WE EMERGED HOT AND BREATHLESS UPON THE ROCKY POINT WHERE THE GRANITE SLABS RAN BARE INTO THE SEA IT WAS LIKE PASSING INTO THE CLEARNESS OF OPEN DAY AND THERE SHARPLY DEFINED AGAINST SEA AND SKY STOOD THE FIGURE OF A HUMAN BEING IT WAS JOAN
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