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"It's got round to the north," he added, and following his voice came a long drawn whisper that rose from the whole island as the trees sent forth a sighing response. "The fog'll move a bit now. I can make out a lane across the sea already." IT'S GOT ROUND TO THE NORTH HE ADDED AND FOLLOWING HIS VOICE CAME A LONG DRAWN WHISPER THAT ROSE FROM THE WHOLE ISLAND AS THE TREES SENT FORTH A SIGHING RESPONSE THE FOG'LL MOVE A BIT NOW I CAN MAKE OUT A LANE ACROSS THE SEA ALREADY
iescence in the doctor's mood had something to do with it; for his quick obedience certainly impressed me a good deal. But, even without that slight evidence, it was clear that each recognised the gravity of the occasion, and understood that sleep was impossible and sentry duty was the order of the night. "Report to me," repeated John Silence once again, "the least sound, and do nothing precipitately." He shifted across to the mouth of the tent and raised the flap, fastening it against the pole so that he could see out. Maloney stopped humming and began to force the breath through his teeth with a kind of faint hissing, treating us to a medley of church hymns and popular songs of the day. Then the tent trembled as though some one had touched it. "That's the wind rising," whispered the clergyman, and pulled the flap open as far as it would go. A waft of cold damp air entered and made us shiver, and with it came a sound of the sea as the first wave washed its way softly along the shores. OBABLY MALONEY'S SWIFT ACQUIESCENCE IN THE DOCTOR'S MOOD HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH IT FOR HIS QUICK OBEDIENCE CERTAINLY IMPRESSED ME A GOOD DEAL BUT EVEN WITHOUT THAT SLIGHT EVIDENCE IT WAS CLEAR THAT EACH RECOGNIZED THE GRAVITY OF THE OCCASION AND UNDERSTOOD THAT SLEEP WAS IMPOSSIBLE AND SENTRY DUTY WAS THE ORDER OF THE NIGHT REPORT TO ME REPEATED JOHN SILENCE ONCE AGAIN THE LEAST SOUND AND DO NOTHING PRECIPITATELY HE SHIFTED ACROSS TO THE MOUTH OF THE TENT AND RAISED THE FLAP FASTENING IT AGAINST THE POLE SO THAT HE COULD SEE OUT MALONEY STOPPED HUMMING AND BEGAN TO FORCE THE BREATH THROUGH HIS TEETH WITH A KIND OF FAINT HISSING TREATING US TO A MEDDLEY OF CHURCH HYMNS AND POPULAR SONGS OF THE DAY THEN THE TENT TREMBLED AS THOUGH SOME ONE HAD TOUCHED IT THAT'S THE WIND RISING WHISPERED THE CLERGYMAN AND PULLED THE FLAP OPEN AS FAR AS IT WOULD GO A WAFT OF COLD DAMP AIR ENTERED AND MADE US SHIVER AND WITH IT CAME A SOUND OF THE SEA AS THE FIRST WAVE WASHED ITS WAY SOFTLY ANG THE SHORES
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