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But, then, in actual life this is often the way the dreadful climaxes move upon us, leaving the heart undisturbed almost to the last minute, and then overwhelming it with a sudden rush of horror. BUT THEN IN ACTUAL LIFE THIS IS OFTEN THE WAY THE DREADFUL CLIMAXES MOVE UPON US LEAVING THE HEART UNDISTURBED ALMOST TO THE LAST MINUTE AND THEN OVERWHELMING IT WITH A SUDDEN RUSH OF HORROR
s it had often been her peculiar affliction that she heard the porcupines scratching against the canvas, or the squirrels dropping fir-cones in the early morning with a sound of miniature thunder upon the roof of her tent. But on this island there was not even a squirrel or a mouse. I think two toads and a small and harmless snake were the only living creatures that had been discovered during the whole of the first fortnight. And these two toads in all probability were not two toads, but one toad. Then, suddenly, came the terror that changed the whole aspect of the place—the devastating terror. It came, at first, gently, but from the very start it made me realise the unpleasant loneliness of our situation, our remote isolation in this wilderness of sea and rock, and how the islands in this tideless Baltic ocean lay about us like the advance guard of a vast besieging army. Its entry, as I say, was gentle, hardly noticeable, in fact, to most of us: singularly undramatic it certainly was. NEY FOR IN PREVIOUS CAMPS IT HAD OFTEN BEEN HER PECULIAR AFFLICTION THAT SHE HEARD THE PORCUPINES SCRATCHING AGAINST THE CANVAS OR THE SQUIRRELS DROPPING FIR CONES IN THE EARLY MORNING WITH A SOUND OF MINIATURE THUNDER ON THE ROOF OF HER TENT BUT ON THIS ISLAND THERE WAS NOT EVEN A SQUIRREL OR A MOUSE I THINK TWO TOADS AND A SMALL AND HARMLESS SNAKE WERE THE ONLY LIVING CREATURES THAT HAD BEEN DISCOVERED DURING THE WHOLE OF THE FIRST FORTNIGHT AND THESE TWO TOADS WERE IN ALL PROBABILITY NOT TWO TOADS BUT ONE TOAD THEN SUDDENLY CAME THE TERROR THAT CHANGED THE WHOLE ASPECT OF THE PLACE THE DEVASTATING TERROR IT CAME AT FIRST GENTLY BUT FROM THE VERY START IT MADE ME REALISE THE UNPLEASANT LONELINESS OF OUR SITUATION OUR REMOTE ISOLATION IN THIS WILDERNESS OF SEA AND ROCK AND HOW THE ISLANDS IN THIS TIDELESS BALTIC OCEAN LAY ABOUT US LIKE THE ADVANCE GUARD OF A VAST BESIEGING ARMY ITS ENTRY AS I SAY WAS GENTLE HARDLY NOTICEABLE IN FACT TO MOST OF US SINGULARLY UNDRAMATIC IT CERTAINLY WAS
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