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English
1336
The deep stillness, after that roar of steamers, trains, and tourists, held something that thrilled, for as we lay round the fire there was no sound but the faint sighing of the pines and the soft lapping of the waves along the shore and against the sides of the boat in the lagoon. THE DEEP STILLNESS AFTER THAT ROAR OF STEAMERS TRAINS AND TOURISTS HELD SOMETHING THAT THRILLED FOR AS WE LAY ROUND THE FIRE THERE WAS NO SOUND BUT THE FAINT SIGHING OF THE PINES AND THE SOFT LAPPING OF THE WAVES ALONG THE SHORE AND AGAINST THE SIDES OF THE BOAT IN THE LAGOON
 months' camp on the island in the Baltic Sea. Other figures flitted from time to time across the scene, and sometimes one reading man, sometimes another, came to join us and spend his four hours a day in the clergyman's tent, but they came for short periods only, and they went without leaving much trace in my memory, and certainly they played no important part in what subsequently happened. The weather favoured us that night, so that by sunset the tents were up, the boats unloaded, a store of wood collected and chopped into lengths, and the candle-lanterns hung round ready for lighting on the trees. Sangree, too, had picked deep mattresses of balsam boughs for the women's beds, and had cleared little paths of brushwood from their tents to the central fireplace. All was prepared for bad weather. It was a cosy supper and a well-cooked one that we sat down to and ate under the stars, and, according to the clergyman, the only meal fit to eat we had seen since we left London a week before. ETTLED DOWN INTO OUR TWO MONTHS CAMP ON THE ISLAND AND THE BALTIC SEA OTHER FIGURES FLITTED FROM TIME TO TIME ACROSS THE SCENE AND SOMETIMES ONE READING MAN SOMETIMES ANOTHER CAME TO JOIN US AND SPEND HIS FOUR HOURS A DAY IN THE CLERGYMAN'S TENT BUT THEY CAME FOR SHORT PERIODS ONLY AND THEY WENT WITHOUT LEAVING MUCH TRACE IN MY MEMORY AND CERTAINLY THEY PLAYED NO IMPORTANT PART IN WHAT SUBSEQUENTLY HAPPENED THE WEATHER FAVORED US THAT NIGHT SO THAT BY SUNSET THE TENTS WERE UP THE BOATS UNLOADED A STORE OF WOOD COLLECTED AND CHOPPED INTO LENGTHS AND THE CANDLE LANTERNS HUNG ROUND READY FOR LIGHTING ON THE TREES SANGREE TOO HAD PICKED DEEP MATTRESSES OF BALSAM BOUGH FOR THE WOMEN'S BEDS AND HAD CLEARED LITTLE PATHS OF BRUSHWOOD FROM THEIR TENTS TO THE CENTRAL FIREPLACE ALL WAS PREPARED FOR BAD WEATHER IT WAS A COSY SUPPER AND A WELL COOKED ONE THAT WE SAT DOWN TO AND ATE UNDER THE STARS AND ACCORDING TO THE CLERGYMAN THE ONLY MEAL FIT TO EAT WE HAD SEEN SINCE WE LEFT LONDON A WEEK BEFORE
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